The water quality of the Vrgorska Matica River

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 83, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 229-253

  Štambuk Giljanović, Nives ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SPLIT   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Nitrate; The Vrgorska Matica River; Total nitrogen; Total phosphorus; Water quality index

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; CATCHMENTS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; SURFACE WATERS; WATER SUPPLY;

MINERALIZATION;

WATER QUALITY;

BICARBONATE; CHLORIDE; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; DRINKING WATER; DYE; GROUND WATER; LAKE WATER; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; PROTEIN; SULFATE; SURFACE WATER;

CLASSIFICATION; INDEX METHOD; RIVER WATER; WATER QUALITY;

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; CATCHMENT; CLASSIFICATION; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CORROSION; CROATIA; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL RECLAMATION; FOOD INDUSTRY; MINERALIZATION; RECREATION; RIVER; SCORING SYSTEM; SPRING; SWIMMING; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY; WATER TEMPERATURE; WATER TREATMENT;

CROATIA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMANS; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUALITY CONTROL; RECREATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SWIMMING; WATER POLLUTANTS; WATER SUPPLY;

AGRICULTURE; E I S; SURFACE WATER; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY;

CROATIA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0037381138     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1022600918066     Document Type: Article

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