The water quality of the Cértima River Basin (Central Portugal)

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 111, Issue 1-3, 2005, Pages 297-306

  Cerqueira, M A ^a   Vieira, F N ^a   Ferreira, R V ^a   Silva, J F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Environmental monitoring; Pollution; Portugal; River; Water quality

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CATCHMENTS; DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; NITROGEN; PH; PHOSPHORUS; RIVER POLLUTION; RIVERS; RUNOFF; SOLIDS; THERMAL EFFECTS;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PARAMETERS; PORTUGAL; TOTAL SUSPENDED SOLIDS; WASTEWATER DISCHARGES;

WATER QUALITY;

DISSOLVED OXYGEN; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS;

CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; POLLUTANT SOURCE; RIVER BASIN; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

ARTICLE; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CATTLE FARMING; CONDUCTANCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGRADATION; DOMESTIC WASTE; LAW; NUTRIENT; PH; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PORTUGAL; RIVER BASIN; SOLID; SPRING; SUMMER; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY; WATER SAMPLING; WETLAND;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; CATTLE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; NITROGEN; OXYGEN; PHOSPHORUS; PORTUGAL; RIVERS; SEWAGE; TEMPERATURE; WATER MOVEMENTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EURASIA; EUROPE; PORTUGAL; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

BOS TAURUS;

EID: 29444454295     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-005-8224-3     Document Type: Article

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