The water quality of the River Dun and the Kennet and Avon Canal

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 330, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 155-170

  Neal, Colin ^a   House, W Alan ^a   Jarvie, Helen P ^a   Neal, Margaret ^a   Hill, Linda ^a   Wickham, Heather ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Avon Canal; Chalk; Dissolved oxygen; Dun; Farming; Kennet; Nutrients; River; Sewage; Thames; Water quality; Wilton Water

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINANT INPUTS; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; SUSPENDED SEDIMENTS; WILTON WATER;

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); ECOLOGY; RIVERS; RUNOFF; SEDIMENTS; WATER POLLUTION;

WATER QUALITY;

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); ECOLOGY; RIVERS; RUNOFF; SEDIMENTS; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

DISSOLVED OXYGEN; POLLUTANT SOURCE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RIVER WATER; RUNOFF; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEWAGE; TRACE ELEMENT; WATER QUALITY;

AVON RIVER; DUN RIVER; ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; KENNET RIVER; UNITED KINGDOM; WEST BERKSHIRE; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33749874176     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2006.04.017     Document Type: Article

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