Concentrations and loads of suspended sediment and trace element pollutants in a small semi-arid urban tributary, San Francisco Bay, California

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 187, Issue 8, 2015, Pages

  McKee, Lester J ^a   Gilbreath, Alicia N ^a  

^a SAN FRANCISCO ESTUARY INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Arid climate; Management implications; Urban non point source pollution; Water quality; Yields

Indexed keywords

BALLOONS; INVERSE PROBLEMS; MERCURY (METAL); POLLUTION; SEDIMENTS; SELENIUM; SELENIUM COMPOUNDS; SILVER; STORMS; TRACE ELEMENTS; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHEDS;

ARID CLIMATES; MANAGEMENT IMPLICATIONS; NON-POINT SOURCE POLLUTION; POLLUTANT CONCENTRATIONS AND LOADS; SAN FRANCISCO BAY , CALIFORNIA; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT CONCENTRATIONS; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT YIELDS; YIELDS;

SUSPENDED SEDIMENTS;

ARSENIC; CHROMIUM; MERCURY; SELENIUM; SILVER; STORM WATER; TRACE ELEMENT; ZINC; RAIN; WATER POLLUTANT;

ARID REGION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); NONPOINT SOURCE POLLUTION; SEMIARID REGION; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT; TRACE ELEMENT; TRIBUTARY; URBAN POLLUTION; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); LIMIT OF DETECTION; POLLUTION MONITORING; RIVER ECOSYSTEM; SEDIMENT; SEMIARID CLIMATE; TURBIDITY; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER POLLUTANT; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHED; ANALYSIS; BAY; CHEMISTRY; ECOSYSTEM; QUALITY CONTROL;

CALIFORNIA; SAN FRANCISCO BAY; UNITED STATES;

BAYS; ECOSYSTEM; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; MERCURY; QUALITY CONTROL; RAIN; SAN FRANCISCO; SELENIUM; TRACE ELEMENTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER QUALITY;

EID: 84928747774     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-015-4710-4     Document Type: Article

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