Falcone, J. A., Murphy, J. C., Sprague, L. A. 2019. Regional Patterns of Anthropogenic Influences on Streams and Rivers in the Conterminous United States, from the early 1970s to 2012. Journal of Land Use Science. Taylor & Francis Group, London, UK.

Agriculture, Animal agriculture, Database, Nutrients, Pesticides, Streams, Water quality, Land use, Human behavior

This paper presents a diverse dataset summarizing over 60 indicators of anthropogenic activity’s effect on stream quality across the United States. A few of the indicator trends summarized are measures of agricultural production, irrigation, livestock, urbanization, land use, pesticide use, atmospheric deposition.