The impact of stormwater treatment areas and agricultural best management practices on water quality in the Everglades Protection Area

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 186, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 1023-1037

  Entry, James A ^a,b   Gottlieb, Andrew ^c  

^a Everglades National Park   (United States)

^b Nutrigrown LLC   (United States)

^c CECOS Environmental Consultants   (United States)

Author keywords

Everglades National Park; Everglades Protection Area; Stormwater treatment area; Trend analysis; Water Conservation Area; Water quality

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; BENCHMARKING; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DRAINAGE, SANITARY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FLORIDA; PHOSPHORUS; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER POLLUTION; WATER SUPPLY; WEATHER; WETLANDS;

EID: 84893140912     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-013-3436-4     Document Type: Article

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