Potential pollutant sources in a Choptank River (USA) subwatershed and the influence of land use and watershed characteristics

Row-crop and poultry production have been implicated as sources of water pollution along the Choptank River, an estuary and tributary of the Chesapeake Bay. This study examined the effects of land use, subwatershed characteristics, and climatic conditions on the water quality parameters of a subwate...

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Veröffentlicht in:	The Science of the total environment 2012-07, Vol.430, p.270-279
Hauptverfasser:	Niño de Guzmán, Gabriela T., Hapeman, Cathleen J., Prabhakara, Kusuma, Codling, Eton E., Shelton, Daniel R., Rice, Clifford P., Hively, W. Dean, McCarty, Gregory W., Lang, Megan W., Torrents, Alba
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Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	agricultural land Agriculture ammonia ammonium nitrogen analysis Applied sciences Arsenic Arsenic - analysis Bacteria Catchments chemistry Chesapeake Bay Continental surface waters crops Earth sciences Earth, ocean, space emissions Engineering and environment geology. Geothermics Enterococcus Environmental Monitoring Escherichia coli estuaries Exact sciences and technology forests geographic information systems groundwater Human Activities Humans Land use Maryland microbiology Natural water pollution nitrate nitrogen Nitrogen Nitrogen - analysis Nutrients orthophosphates phosphorus Phosphorus - analysis plant cultural practices plate count Pollution Pollution, environment geology Polypropylenes Poultry Poultry production Rivers Rivers - chemistry Rivers - microbiology runoff Seasons sediments subwatersheds surface water United States water flow Water Pollutants, Chemical Water Pollutants, Chemical - analysis Water Pollutants, Chemical - chemistry water pollution Water Quality Water treatment and pollution
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