Study of pollution of the Plitvice lakes by water and sediment analyses

Water, Air, and Soil Pollution: Focus

Volumn 6, Issue 5-6, 2006, Pages 475-485

  Horvatinčić, Nada ^a   Briansó, José Luis ^b   Obelić, Bogomil ^a   Barešić, Jadranka ^a   Krajcar Bronić, Ines ^a  

^a RUDER BO KOVI INSTITUTE   (Croatia)

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Eutrophication; Lake sediment; Plitvice lakes; Trace elements; Water pollution

Indexed keywords

EUTROPHICATION; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; LAKE POLLUTION; ORGANIC MATTER; SEDIMENT ANALYSIS; TRACE ELEMENT; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

CROATIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; PLITVICE LAKES NATIONAL PARK; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 33845947264     PISSN: 15677230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11267-006-9031-8     Document Type: Conference Paper

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