Water quality in the Mondego river basin: Pollution and habitat heterogeneity

Limnetica

Volumn 23, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 295-306

  Ferreira, Verónica ^a   Graça, Manuel A S ^a   Feio, Maria João ^a   Mieiro, Claúdia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Biological water quality; BMWP; Chemical water quality; Habitat heterogeneity

Indexed keywords

RIVER BASIN; WATER QUALITY;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; PORTUGAL; SOUTHERN EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 21144434819     PISSN: 02138409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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