Large Rivers Water Quality Monitoring Protocol: Great Lakes Inventory and Monitoring Network

Large temperate rivers around the world have been historically affected by human activities andface an uncertain future in which water quality may be further threatened by climate change,urban development, agriculture, exotic species, recreation, and transportation uses (Meybeck andHelmer 1989; Zhang et al. 1999). In addition, large rivers can transfer water quality pollutantsfrom land to sea, such as agricultural nitrogen in the Mississippi River causing hypoxia in theGulf of Mexico...
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Large temperate rivers around the world have been historically affected by human activities andface an uncertain future in which water quality may be further threatened by climate change,urban development, agriculture, exotic species, recreation, and transportation uses (Meybeck andHelmer 1989; Zhang et al. 1999). In addition, large rivers can transfer water quality pollutantsfrom land to sea, such as agricultural nitrogen in the Mississippi River causing hypoxia in theGulf of Mexico (Burkart and James 1999).