The long-term impact of urbanisation on aquatic plants: Cambridge and the River Cam

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 314-316, Issue , 2003, Pages 67-87

  Preston, C D ^a   Sheail, J ^a   Armitage, P ^a   Davy Bowker, J ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cambridge; Common land; Eutrophication; Extinction; Floodplain management; Sewage pollution; Urbanisation

Indexed keywords

POLLUTION; RIVERS; SEWAGE; URBAN PLANNING;

AQUATIC PLANTS;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

AQUATIC PLANT; EUTROPHICATION; HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE; SEWAGE; URBANIZATION;

CONFERENCE PAPER; DATA ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; EUTROPHICATION; FLOODPLAIN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; NONHUMAN; PLANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIVER ECOSYSTEM; SEWAGE; SPECIES EXTINCTION; UNITED KINGDOM; URBANIZATION; WATER POLLUTION;

CAM RIVER; ENGLAND (CAMBRIDGESHIRE); UNITED KINGDOM;

OVIS ARIES; RIPARIA;

EID: 18144437817     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0048-9697(03)00097-4     Document Type: Conference Paper

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