Influence of urbanization and tourist activities on the water quality of the Potrero de los Funes River (San Luis - Argentina)

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 133, Issue 1-3, 2007, Pages 459-465

  Almeida, Cesar A ^a   Quintar, Silvya ^a   González, Patricia ^a   Mallea, Miguel A ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE SAN LUIS   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Environmental monitoring; Pollution; Quality index; River; Water quality

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC ACTIVITY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GENERAL QUALITY INDEX;

ALKALINITY; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; PH; RIVERS; SANITATION; TURBIDITY; WATER BACTERIOLOGY;

WATER QUALITY;

CALCIUM; CALCIUM CARBONATE; CHLORIDE; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; MAGNESIUM; NITRATE; PHOSPHATE; POTASSIUM; RIVER WATER; SODIUM; SULFATE;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; RIVER POLLUTION; TOURISM; URBANIZATION; WATER QUALITY;

ALKALINITY; ANTHROPOLOGY; ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; BACTERIOLOGY; BACTERIUM; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL SANITATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HETEROTROPH; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; PH MEASUREMENT; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; RIVER; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; TOURISM; TURBIDITY; URBANIZATION; WATER QUALITY; WATER SAMPLING;

ARGENTINA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; RECREATION; TRAVEL; URBANIZATION; WATER;

ARGENTINA; POTRERO DE LOS FUNES RIVER; SAN LUIS; SOUTH AMERICA;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 34548794960     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-006-9600-3     Document Type: Article

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