Stream sediment and nutrient loads in the Tahoe Basin - Estimated vs monitored loads for TMDL "crediting"

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 185, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 7883-7894

  Grismer, M E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Erosion projects; Forest soils; Monitoring; Soil restoration; Turbidimeters; Water quality

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL NUTRIENT LOADS; FOREST SOILS; FREQUENCY DISTRIBUTIONS; MONITORING INFORMATION; MONITORING PROGRAMS; QUANTITATIVE ASSESSMENTS; SOIL RESTORATION; TOTAL MAXIMUM DAILY LOAD;

MONITORING; NUTRIENTS; SOILS; TURBIDIMETERS; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

SEDIMENTS;

NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; FOREST SOIL; LAKE WATER; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; SOIL EROSION; TURBIDITY; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS; ESTIMATED SEDIMENT LOAD; FLOW RATE; HYDROLOGY; NUTRIENT LOADING; POLLUTION MONITORING; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RIVER BASIN; SEDIMENT; SOIL EROSION; STREAM (RIVER); TOTAL MAXIMUM DAILY LOAD; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHED;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; RIVERS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER POLLUTION, CHEMICAL;

LAKE TAHOE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84881119677     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-013-3142-2     Document Type: Article

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