Biophysical and social barriers restrict water quality improvements in the Mississippi River Basin

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 47, Issue 21, 2013, Pages 11928-11929

  David, Mark B ^a   Flint, Courtney G ^b   McIsaac, Gregory F ^a   Gentry, Lowell E ^a   Dolan, Mallory K ^b   Czapar, George F ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ILLINOIS STATE WATER SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NITRATE; PHOSPHORUS; NITRIC ACID DERIVATIVE; WATER POLLUTANT;

AGRICULTURE; BIOPHYSICS; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GULF OF MEXICO; LAND DRAINAGE; MISSISSIPPI RIVER BASIN; NOTE; RIVER BASIN; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES; WATER QUALITY; ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MANAGEMENT; PROCEDURES; RIVER; STANDARDS; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; WATER POLLUTANT;

BIOPHYSICAL PHENOMENA; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MIDWESTERN UNITED STATES; NITRATES; PHOSPHORUS; POLICY MAKING; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; RIVERS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER QUALITY;

EID: 84887962301     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es403939n     Document Type: Note

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