Multi-indicator assessment of water environment in government environmental auditing

Journal of Environmental Sciences

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 494-501

  HE, Gui zhen ^a,b   LU, Yong long ^a   MA, Hua ^a,b   WANG, Xiao long ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

environmental auditing; environmental indicators; lake ecosystem; pollution load; state assessment

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; LAKES; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL AUDITING; WATER ENVIRONMENT;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENTS;

FRESH WATER;

ECOSYSTEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENTS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; LAKES; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

DATA SET; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL AUDITING; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; WATER QUALITY;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHINA; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; PHYTOPLANKTON; QUALITY CONTROL; SEDIMENT; WATER POLLUTANT; ZOOPLANKTON;

ANIMALS; CHINA; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FRESH WATER; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS; PHYTOPLANKTON; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUALITY CONTROL; WATER POLLUTANTS; ZOOPLANKTON;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JIANGSU; TAIHU LAKE; WULI LAKE;

EID: 34248328334     PISSN: 10010742     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1001-0742(07)60083-7     Document Type: Article

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