Linking catchment characteristics and water chemistry with the ecological status of Irish rivers

Water Research

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 91-98

  Donohue, Ian ^a   McGarrigle, Martin L ^b   Mills, Paul ^c  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (Ireland)

^c Compass Informatics ^*  (Ireland)

Author keywords

Catchment; Ecological quality; Monitoring; Nutrients; Risk; Rivers

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MONITORING; NUTRITION; RIVERS; WATER QUALITY;

CHEMICAL MONITORING DATA; ECOLOGICAL QUALITY; LANDCOVER DATA; RISK;

CATCHMENTS;

SURFACE WATER;

AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM; ECOSYSTEM HEALTH; STREAMWATER; WATER CHEMISTRY; WATER QUALITY;

AGRICULTURE; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; BENTHOS; CATCHMENT; CHEMISTRY; CROP PRODUCTION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; IRELAND; LAND USE; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MACROINVERTEBRATE; ORGANISM COMMUNITY; PASTURE; POPULATION DENSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RISK MANAGEMENT; RIVER; STREAM (RIVER); URBANIZATION; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; IRELAND; WESTERN EUROPE;

BOS TAURUS;

EID: 29644443171     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2005.10.027     Document Type: Article

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