Relationship between river water quality and land use in a small river basin running through the urbanizing area of Central Japan

Limnology

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 19-26

  Bahar, Md Mezbaul ^a   Ohmori, Hiroo ^a   Yamamuro, Masumi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

GIS; Inorganic ion; Landuse; River water; Urbanization

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DIGITAL MAP; DRAINAGE BASIN; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; GIS; HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE; INORGANIC MATTER; LAND USE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RIVER WATER; URBANIZATION; WATER QUALITY;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN;

EID: 41549166453     PISSN: 14398621     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10201-007-0227-z     Document Type: Article

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