Effect of episodic and regular sewage discharges on the water chemistry and macroinvertebrate fauna of a Mediterranean stream

Water, Air, and Soil Pollution

Volumn 140, Issue 1-4, 2002, Pages 425-444

  Rueda, Juan ^a   Camacho, Antonio ^a   Mezquita, France ^a   Hernández, Ramón ^a   Roca, Josep R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Chemical and biological monitoring; Episodic sewage discharges; Key macroinvertebrate taxa; Mediterranean streams; Water quality

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; MONITORING; SEWAGE TREATMENT; WATER QUALITY;

WATER CHEMISTRY;

WATER POLLUTION;

MACROINVERTEBRATE; RIVER CHANNEL; SEWAGE; WASTE DISPOSAL; WATER CHEMISTRY;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL PARAMETERS; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST; FAUNA; HOUSEHOLD; INDUSTRY; MACROINVERTEBRATE; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; SEASON; SEWAGE DISPOSAL; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN; STREAM (RIVER); WATER ANALYSIS; WATER POLLUTION INDICATOR; WATER QUALITY; WATER SAMPLING;

SPAIN;

INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 0036791407     PISSN: 00496979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1020190227581     Document Type: Article

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