Elevated nitrogen and phosphorus concentrations in urbanizing southwest Washington streams

Northwest Science

Volumn 86, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 237-247

  Deemer, Bridget ^a   Goodwin, Kara ^a,b   Lee, Tammy ^a   Keith Birchfield, M ^a   Dallavis, Kassi ^a   Emerson, Josh ^a   Freeman, Dawn ^a   Henry, Erica ^a   Wynn, Louise ^a   Harrison, John ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Laboratory and Environmental Assessment Division   (United States)

Author keywords

land use; Nitrogen; phosphorus; urban; watershed

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CORRELATION; DISSOLVED INORGANIC NITROGEN; LAND USE CHANGE; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; POPULATION GROWTH; STREAMWATER; SUSPENDED LOAD; URBANIZATION;

UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON [UNITED STATES];

EID: 84867753075     PISSN: 0029344X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3955/046.086.0401     Document Type: Article

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