Advancing understanding of the surface water quality regime of contemporary mixed-land-use watersheds: An application of the experimental watershed method

Hydrology

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2017, Pages

  Kellner, Elliott ^a,b   Hubbart, Jason A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dissolved oxygen; Experimental watershed method; Land use impacts; PH; Surface water quality; Total dissolved solids

Indexed keywords

EID: 85041050579     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23065338     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/hydrology4020031     Document Type: Article

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