Assessment of regional variation in streamflow responses to urbanization and the persistence of physiography

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 2724-2732

  Hopkins, Kristina G ^a,b   Morse, Nathaniel B ^c   Bain, Daniel J ^a   Bettez, Neil D ^d   Grimm, Nancy B ^e   Morse, Jennifer L ^f   Palta, Monica M ^g   Shuster, William D ^h   Bratt, Anika R ⁱ   Suchy, Amanda K ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^d CARY INSTITUTE OF ECOSYSTEM STUDIES   (United States)

^e ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS; BUFFER STORAGE; WATERSHEDS;

HYDROLOGIC CHANGES; HYDROLOGIC FUNCTION; HYDROLOGIC RESPONSE; PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS; REGIONAL VARIATION; STREAMFLOW RECORDS; STREAMFLOW RESPONSE; URBANIZATION GRADIENTS;

STREAM FLOW;

AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM; HOMOGENEITY; HYDROLOGICAL REGIME; PERMEABILITY; STREAMFLOW; URBANIZATION;

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; GEOGRAPHIC AND GEOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; LANDSCAPE; SOIL; STREAMFLOW; TOPOGRAPHY; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA; URBANIZATION; WATER CYCLE; WATERSHED; ECOSYSTEM; HYDROLOGY; RIVER;

UNITED STATES;

SOIL;

ECOSYSTEM; HYDROLOGY; RIVERS; SOIL; UNITED STATES; URBANIZATION;

EID: 84924074992     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es505389y     Document Type: Article

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