Long-term seasonal trends of nitrogen, phosphorus, and suspended sediment load from the non-tidal Susquehanna River Basin to Chesapeake Bay

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 452-453, Issue , 2013, Pages 208-221

  Zhang, Q ^a   Brady, D C ^b   Ball, W P ^a  

^a Johns Hopkins University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Chesapeake Bay; Flow normalization; Long term seasonal trends; Nutrient and sediment loadings; Susquehanna River Basin

Indexed keywords

CHESAPEAKE BAY; FLOW NORMALIZATION; SEASONAL TRENDS; SEDIMENT LOADING; SUSQUEHANNA RIVER BASINS;

CLIMATE CHANGE; NITROGEN; NUTRIENTS; PHOSPHORUS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SOIL CONSERVATION; STORMS; SUSPENDED SEDIMENTS; WATER CONSERVATION; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATERSHEDS;

RESERVOIR MANAGEMENT;

NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS;

AGRICULTURAL RUNOFF; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; PHOSPHORUS; SEASONAL VARIATION; STORMWATER; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT; TREND ANALYSIS; WATER CHEMISTRY; WATERSHED;

ARTICLE; BAY; CLIMATE CHANGE; HURRICANE; LAND USE; PARTICLE RESUSPENSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIVER BASIN; SEASONAL VARIATION; TREND STUDY; UNITED STATES; WATERSHED MANAGEMENT; ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; RIVER; SEASON; SEDIMENT; WATER QUALITY;

CHESAPEAKE BAY; SUSQUEHANNA RIVER; UNITED STATES;

BAYS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MARYLAND; NITROGEN; PENNSYLVANIA; PHOSPHORUS; RIVERS; SEASONS; WATER QUALITY;

EID: 84875238253     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2013.02.012     Document Type: Article

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