Changes in long-term water quality of Baltimore streams are associated with both gray and green infrastructure

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 64, Issue , 2019, Pages S60-S76

  Reisinger, Alexander J ^a,b   Woytowitz, Ellen ^c   Majcher, Emily ^c   Rosi, Emma J ^b   Belt, Kenneth T ^d   Duncan, Jonathan M ^e   Kaushal, Sujay S ^f   Groffman, Peter M ^b,g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b CARY INSTITUTE OF ECOSYSTEM STUDIES   (United States)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

^e PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f Bldg 142   (United States)

^g CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; HEADWATER; HYDROCHEMISTRY; INFRASTRUCTURE; LONG-TERM CHANGE; STREAM; WATER QUALITY;

BALTIMORE; MARYLAND; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85051080630     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19395590     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lno.10947     Document Type: Article

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