[PDF][PDF] Land use impacts on surface water quality by statistical approaches

K Afed Ullah, J Jiang, P Wang - Global Journal of Environmental Science …, 2018 - gjesm.net
Surface waters are the most important economic resource for humans which provide water
for agricultural, industrial and anthropogenic activities. Surface water quality plays vital role …

Urban evolution: The role of water

SS Kaushal, WH McDowell, WM Wollheim… - Water, 2015 - mdpi.com
The structure, function, and services of urban ecosystems evolve over time scales from
seconds to centuries as Earth's population grows, infrastructure ages, and sociopolitical …

Effects of land cover, topography, and built structure on seasonal water quality at multiple spatial scales

B Pratt, H Chang - Journal of hazardous materials, 2012 - Elsevier
The relationship among land cover, topography, built structure and stream water quality in
the Portland Metro region of Oregon and Clark County, Washington areas, USA, is analyzed …

[HTML][HTML] Watershed-scale impacts of stormwater green infrastructure on hydrology, nutrient fluxes, and combined sewer overflows in the mid-Atlantic region

MJ Pennino, RI McDonald, PR Jaffe - Science of the Total Environment, 2016 - Elsevier
Stormwater green infrastructure (SGI), including rain gardens, detention ponds, bioswales,
and green roofs, is being implemented in cities across the globe to reduce flooding …

From rain tanks to catchments: use of low-impact development to address hydrologic symptoms of the urban stream syndrome

A Askarizadeh, MA Rippy, TD Fletcher… - … science & technology, 2015 - ACS Publications
Catchment urbanization perturbs the water and sediment budgets of streams, degrades
stream health and function, and causes a constellation of flow, water quality, and ecological …

Increased river alkalinization in the Eastern US

SS Kaushal, GE Likens, RM Utz, ML Pace… - … science & technology, 2013 - ACS Publications
The interaction between human activities and watershed geology is accelerating long-term
changes in the carbon cycle of rivers. We evaluated changes in bicarbonate alkalinity, a …

Is there an urban pesticide signature? Urban streams in five US regions share common dissolved-phase pesticides but differ in predicted aquatic toxicity

LH Nowell, PW Moran, LM Bexfield, BJ Mahler… - Science of the Total …, 2021 - Elsevier
Pesticides occur in urban streams globally, but the relation of occurrence to urbanization can
be obscured by regional differences. In studies of five regions of the United States, we …

Ecological resistance in urban streams: the role of natural and legacy attributes

RM Utz, KG Hopkins, L Beesley, DB Booth… - Freshwater …, 2016 - journals.uchicago.edu
Urbanization substantially changes the physicochemical and biological characteristics of
streams. The trajectory of negative effect is broadly similar around the world, but the nature …

Stream restoration and sewers impact sources and fluxes of water, carbon, and nutrients in urban watersheds

MJ Pennino, SS Kaushal, PM Mayer… - Hydrology and Earth …, 2016 - hess.copernicus.org
An improved understanding of sources and timing of water, carbon, and nutrient fluxes
associated with urban infrastructure and stream restoration is critical for guiding effective …

Urbanization-induced environmental changes strongly affect wetland soil bacterial community composition and diversity

X Yi, C Ning, S Feng, H Gao, J Zhao… - Environmental …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
Soil microbial communities potentially serve as indicators for their responses to changes in
various ecosystems at scales from a region to the globe. However, changes in wetland soil …