Water Quality and Exurbanization in Southern Appalachian Streams

River Conservation and Management

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 91-106

  Webster, Jackson R ^a   Benfield, Ernest F ^a   Cecala, Kristen K ^b   Chamblee, John F ^b   Dehring, Carolyn A ^b   Gragson, Ted ^b   Cymerman, Jeffrey H ^b   Jackson, C Rhett ^b   Knoepp, Jennifer D ^c   Leigh, David S ^b   Maerz, John C ^b   Pringle, Catherine ^b   Valett, H Maurice ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c Coweeta Hydrologic Laboratory ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Catchment land use; Coweeta Research Laboratory; Land cover; Nitrate; Sediment; Upper Little Tennessee River; Urban development; Water chemistry

Indexed keywords

EID: 84886851131     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781119961819.ch8     Document Type: Chapter

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