Spatial and temporal patterns of surface water quality and ichthyotoxicity in urban and rural river basins in Texas

VanLandeghem, Matthew M.; Meyer, Matthew D.; Cox, Stephen B.; Sharma, Bibek; Patiño, Reynaldo

doi:10.1016/j.watres.2012.05.002

Spatial and temporal patterns of surface water quality and ichthyotoxicity in urban and rural river basins in Texas

The Double Mountain Fork Brazos River (Texas, USA) consists of North (NF) and South Forks (SF). The NF receives urban runoff and twice-reclaimed wastewater effluent, whereas the SF flows through primarily rural areas. The objective of this study was to determine and compare associations between s…