Estimating sediment and nutrient loads in four western lake superior streams

Journal of the American Water Resources Association

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1138-1154

  Ruzycki, Elaine M ^a   Axler, Richard P ^a   Host, George E ^a   Henneck, Jerald R ^a   Will, Norman R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA DULUTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Continuous monitoring; Nonpoint source pollution; Surrogate; Suspended sediments; Turbidity

Indexed keywords

DATA STREAMS; LAKE POLLUTION; LAKES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SUSPENDED SEDIMENTS; TURBIDITY;

ASSESSMENT TECHNIQUE; CONTINUOUS MONITORING; HYDROLOGIC CONDITIONS; NON-POINT SOURCE POLLUTION; SAMPLE COLLECTION; SURROGATE; TOTAL SUSPENDED SOLIDS; TURBIDITY MONITORING;

RIVER POLLUTION;

SALMONIDAE;

EID: 84918792553     PISSN: 1093474X     EISSN: 17521688     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jawr.12175     Document Type: Article

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