Incorporating urban infrastructure into biogeochemical assessment of urban tropical streams in Puerto Rico

Biogeochemistry

Volumn 121, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 271-286

  Potter, J D ^a   McDowell, W H ^a   Helton, A M ^b   Daley, M L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Impervious surface; Sewer pipes; Stream chemistry; Tropical; Urbanization; Water pipes

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; DOMESTIC WASTE; PIPE; STREAMWATER; TROPICAL REGION; URBANIZATION; WATER QUALITY;

PIEDRAS BASIN; PUERTO RICO;

EID: 84907506248     PISSN: 01682563     EISSN: 1573515X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10533-013-9914-5     Document Type: Article

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