Estimating reference nutrient criteria for Maryland ecoregions

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 185, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 2123-2137

  Morgan II, Raymond P ^a   Kline, Kathleen M ^a   Churchill, John B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecoregion; MBSS; Stream nutrients; TN; TP

Indexed keywords

ECOREGIONS; MBSS; STREAM NUTRIENT; TN; TP;

ECOSYSTEMS; LANDFORMS; WATER QUALITY;

NUTRIENTS;

NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS;

ECOREGION; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEM; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; PHOSPHORUS; STREAMWATER; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHED;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; ARTICLE; ATLANTIC ISLANDS; BIOGEOGRAPHIC REGION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ESTUARY; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; ITALY; NUTRIENT CONCENTRATION; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; NUTRIENT LOADING; POLLUTION MONITORING; STREAM (RIVER); UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHED; ECOSYSTEM; STANDARD; STATISTICS; WATER POLLUTANT; WATER POLLUTION;

ATLANTIC COASTAL PLAIN; MARYLAND; PIEDMONT [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MARYLAND; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER POLLUTION, CHEMICAL;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84874962335     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-012-2694-x     Document Type: Article

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