Quantifying loading, toxic concentrations, and systemic persistence of chloride in a contemporary mixed-land-use watershed using an experimental watershed approach

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 581-582, Issue , 2017, Pages 822-832

  Hubbart, J A ^a   Kellner, E ^a,b   Hooper, L W ^c   Zeiger, S ^b  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^c Boone County Resource Management   (United States)

Author keywords

Chloride; Experimental watershed study; Floodplain groundwater; Land use impacts; Surface water

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS; BANKS (BODIES OF WATER); CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; FLOODS; GROUNDWATER; LAND USE; RIVERS; WATER QUALITY; WATER TREATMENT; WATERSHEDS;

CHLORIDE; CHLORIDE CONCENTRATIONS; EXPERIMENTAL WATERSHEDS; FLOOD PLAINS; GROUNDWATER ANALYSIS; LAND USE IMPACT; POLLUTANT LOADINGS; STREAM RESTORATION;

SURFACE WATERS;

CHLORIDE;

CHLORIDE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GROUNDWATER; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; LAND USE PLANNING; STREAMWATER; TOXIC MATERIAL; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHED;

ARTICLE; ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FLOW RATE; LAND USE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; STREAM (RIVER); TOXIC CONCENTRATION; URBAN AREA; WATER POLLUTANT; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHED MANAGEMENT;

MIDWEST; MISSOURI; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85009461342     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.01.019     Document Type: Article

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