Review of aquatic monitoring program design

Water Research

Volumn 30, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 1935-1948

  Dixon, William ^a   Chiswell, Barry ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Aquatic; Groundwater; Monitoring program; Review; Surface water

Indexed keywords

GROUND WATER; SURFACE WATER;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; INFORMATION PROCESSING; METHODOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESEARCH; REVIEW; WATER QUALITY;

AQUATIC MONITORING PROGRAM DESIGN;

COMPUTER APPLICATIONS; COST EFFECTIVENESS; GROUNDWATER; MONITORING; SAMPLING; SURFACE WATERS; WATER ANALYSIS;

WATER QUALITY;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GROUNDWATER QUALITY; MONITORING; MONITORING PROGRAMME; PROJECT DESIGN; WATER MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0030222702     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0043-1354(96)00087-5     Document Type: Review

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