Use of the water quality index and dissolved oxygen deficit as simple indicators of watersheds pollution

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 315-328

  Sánchez, Enrique ^a   Colmenarejo, Manuel F ^a   Vicente, Juan ^b   Rubio, Angel ^b   García, María G ^a   Travieso, Lissette ^c   Borja, Rafael ^c  

^a INSTITUTO DE CIENCIAS AGRARIAS   (Spain)

^b Ayuntamiento of Las Rozas   (Spain)

^c INSTITUTO DE LA GRASA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Dissolved oxygen deficit (D); Water quality index (WQI); Watersheds pollution

Indexed keywords

DISSOLUTION; LINEAR SYSTEMS; OXYGEN; RIVERS; WATER POLLUTION; WATERSHEDS;

DISSOLVED OXYGEN DEFICIT; WATER QUALITY INDEX (WQI); WATERSHEDS POLLUTION;

WATER QUALITY;

CLIMATE CONDITIONS; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; ENVIRONMENTAL INDICATOR; POND; RIVER POLLUTION; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHED;

EURASIA; EUROPE; GUADARRAMA RIVER; LAS ROZAS; MADRID [SPAIN]; MANZANARES RIVER; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

EID: 33846571268     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2006.02.005     Document Type: Article

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