Dam reservoir eutrophication: A simplified technique for a fast diagnosis of environmental degradation

Water Research

Volumn 32, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 3477-3483

  De Ceballos, B S O ^a   Konig A ^a   De Oliveira, J F ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARAÍBA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Dam reservoirs; Eutrophication; Northeast Brazil; Water quality

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; BIOMASS; DAMS; ECOSYSTEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; LAKES; RESERVOIRS (WATER); STATISTICAL METHODS; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS;

EUTROPHICATION;

AMMONIA; CHLORIDE; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; NITRATE; PHOSPHATE; PHOSPHORUS;

DAM; EUTROPHICATION; RESERVOIR;

ALKALINITY; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; BRAZIL; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EUTROPHICATION; LAKE; PH; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESERVOIR; SUMMER; TEMPERATURE; TROPICS; TURBIDITY; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY; WINTER;

BRAZIL;

EID: 0344936543     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0043-1354(98)00095-5     Document Type: Article

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