Wetland restoration and nitrate reduction: The example of the peri-urban wetland of Vitoria-Gasteiz (Basque Country, North Spain)

Hydrology and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 109-121

  Garcia Linares C ^a   Martinez Santos M ^a   Martinez Bilbao V ^a   Sanchez Perez J M ^b   Antiguedad, I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PAUL SABATIER   (France)

Author keywords

Basque country; Nitrate losses; Restored wetland functionality

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION; NITRATE; WATER QUALITY; WETLAND;

BASQUE REGION; SPAIN; VITORIA-GASTEIZ; ZURBANO WETLAND;

EID: 18844465455     PISSN: 10275606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/hess-7-109-2003     Document Type: Article

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