Spatial and temporal patterns of surface water quality and ichthyotoxicity in urban and rural river basins in Texas

Water Research

Volumn 46, Issue 20, 2012, Pages 6638-6651

  VanLandeghem, Matthew M ^a   Meyer, Matthew D ^a,b   Cox, Stephen B ^a,c   Sharma, Bibek ^a,d   Patiño, Reynaldo ^a  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^c United Supermarkets LLC   (United States)

^d FMC CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Golden alga; Ichthyotoxicity; Runoff; Stormwater; Water hardness; Water quality

Indexed keywords

BIOASSAY; HARDNESS; NUTRIENTS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RUNOFF; RURAL AREAS; SEWAGE; URBAN GROWTH; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER QUALITY;

GOLDEN ALGA; ICHTHYOTOXICITY; LANDSCAPE SCALE; METAL CONCENTRATIONS; SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL PATTERNS; SPECIFIC CONDUCTANCE; STORMWATERS; SURFACE WATER QUALITY; URBAN AND RURAL; WATER QUALITY VARIABLES;

EFFLUENTS;

SURFACE WATER;

ALGA; BIOASSAY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CYPRINID; EFFLUENT; HABITAT TYPE; HARDNESS; ICHTHYOFAUNA; LANDSCAPE; PH; POLLUTION EFFECT; RURAL AREA; SALINITY; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SURFACE WATER; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TOXICITY; TURBIDITY; URBAN AREA; WASTEWATER; WATER QUALITY;

ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; CONDUCTANCE; EMBRYO; FISH POISONING; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT CONCENTRATION; PH; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRYMNESIUM; RIVER BASIN; RURAL AREA; SALINITY; SEASONAL VARIATION; TOXICITY; TURBIDITY; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA; WATER HARDNESS; WATER QUALITY; WATER TEMPERATURE; WINTER; ZEBRA FISH;

MOUNTAIN FORK RIVER; OKLAHOMA [UNITED STATES]; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

ALGAE; DANIO RERIO; PRYMNESIUM PARVUM;

EID: 84870062601     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: 18792448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2012.05.002     Document Type: Article

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