Water quality at wildlife water sources in the Sonoran Desert, United States

Rangeland Ecology and Management

Volumn 58, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 623-627

  Rosenstock, Steven S ^a   Bleich, Vernon C ^b   Rabe, Michael J ^a   Reggiardo, Carlos ^c  

^a ARIZONA GAME AND FISH DEPARTMENT   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND GAME   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Blue green algal toxins; Chemical parameters; Guzzlers; Tinajas; Trichomonas; Waterborne pathogens

Indexed keywords

CYANOBACTERIUM; DESERT; LIMITING FACTOR; RANGELAND; TOXIC ORGANISM; WATER AVAILABILITY; WATER QUALITY; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

NORTH AMERICA; SONORAN DESERT;

ALGAE; ANIMALIA; AVES; PROTOZOA; TRICHOMONAS; TRICHOMONAS GALLINAE;

EID: 29344454631     PISSN: 15507424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2111/04-130R1.1     Document Type: Article

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