Galli, J. 1990. Thermal Impacts Associated with Urbanization and Stormwater Management Best Practices. Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments.

Best management practice, Fish, Headwater, Monitoring, Stormwater, Streams, Urbanization, Water quality, Temperature, BMPs, Aquatic community, Aquatic ecosystems, Dissolved oxygen

This study evaluates the impacts of changing temperatures and dissolved oxygen concentrations (as a result of urbanization) on aquatic life. Six headwater streams and four stormwater BMP sites were monitored in the Anacostia River Basin (Maryland, United States). This paper also includes a literature review evaluating the effects of temperature and dissolved oxygen on the freshwater aquatic food chain.