Problems of quality designation in diffusely polluted urban streams - The case of Pymme’s Brook, north London

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 109, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 91-107

  Faulkner, H ^a   Edmonds Brown, V ^a   Green, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HERTFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biological monitoring; Environmental quality standards; Urban pollution management; Water quality

Indexed keywords

HEAVY METAL; SURFACE WATER;

CLASSIFICATION; POLLUTION; POLLUTION MONITORING; URBAN AREA; WATER QUALITY;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; MANAGEMENT; POLLUTANT; POLLUTION; SEDIMENT; UNITED KINGDOM; URBAN AREA; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0033627445     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0269-7491(99)00227-4     Document Type: Article

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