Water quality and ecology of the River Lee: Mass balance and a review of temporal and spatial data

Hydrology and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 636-650

  Snook, Deborah L ^a   Whitehead, Paul G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diffuse and point source pollution; Ecology; Hydrology; Metals; Nutrients; River Lee; River Thames; Water quality

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; RIVER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; THAMES RIVER; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 13444291030     PISSN: 10275606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/hess-8-636-2004     Document Type: Article

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