Assessing the stream water quality dynamics in connection with land use in agricultural catchments of different scales

Soil and Water Research

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 98-112

  Fučík, Petr ^a   Kvítek, Tomáš ^a   Lexa, Martin ^a   Novák, Pavel ^a   Bílková, Alena ^a  

^a RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Drinking water reservoir basins; GIS; Land use; Nitrates

Indexed keywords

EID: 54449096699     PISSN: 18015395     EISSN: 18059384     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17221/19/2008-swr     Document Type: Conference Paper

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