Monitoring of water quality and assessment of organic pollution load in the Ni̇lüfer stream, Turkey

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 114, Issue 1-3, 2006, Pages 391-417

  Karaer, Feza ^a   Küçükballi, Aslihan ^a  

^a ULUDAG UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Pollution load; River basin; Total nitrogen; Total phosphorus; Water quality; Water quality management

Indexed keywords

ORGANIC POLLUTION LOAD; RIVER BASIN; TOTAL NITROGEN; TOTAL PHOSPHORUS; WATER QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

AGRICULTURAL WASTES; CATCHMENTS; DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); INDUSTRIAL WASTES; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER QUALITY;

RIVER POLLUTION;

NITROGEN; ORGANIC COMPOUND; PHOSPHOROUS ACID;

ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL LEGISLATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; RIVER BASIN; RIVER DISCHARGE; RIVER MANAGEMENT; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

AGRICULTURAL WASTE; ARTICLE; DOMESTIC WASTE; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT LOADING; ORGANIC POLLUTION; RIVER BASIN; SEASONAL VARIATION; STREAM (RIVER); TURKEY (REPUBLIC); WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER POLLUTION; WATER POLLUTION CONTROL; WATER QUALITY; WATER SAMPLING;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FRESH WATER; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; TURKEY; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER SUPPLY;

EURASIA; TURKEY;

EID: 33645824360     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-006-5029-y     Document Type: Article

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