Relationships between landscape pattern, wetland characteristics, and water quality in agricultural catchments

Journal of Environmental Quality

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 2170-2180

  Moreno Mateos, David ^a   Mander, Ülo ^b   Comín, Francisco A ^a   Pedrocchi, César ^a   Uuemaa, Evelyn ^b  

^a INSTITUTO PIRENAICO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGLOMERATION; ALKALINITY; LAND USE; RUNOFF; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; SODIUM; URBAN PLANNING; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY; WETLANDS;

AGRICULTURAL AREAS; AGRICULTURAL CATCHMENTS; AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENTS; ARABLE LANDS; CATCHMENT SCALES; DECISION MAKERS; FARM-LANDS; LANDSCAPE METRICS; LANDSCAPE PATTERNS; MEDITERRANEAN REGIONS; PATCH DENSITIES; PATCH SIZES; QUALITY IMPROVEMENTS; RELATIVE ABUNDANCES; SEMI-ARID; SIMPSON; STREAM WATERS; WETLAND CONSTRUCTIONS;

CATCHMENTS;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; ALKALINITY; ARTICLE; CATCHMENT; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; LAND USE; LANDSCAPE; NUTRIENT; PH; POLLUTANT; RURAL AREA; SALINITY; SEDIMENT; SEMIARID CLIMATE; SPAIN; WATER QUALITY; WETLAND;

AGRICULTURE; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; RIVERS; SPAIN; WATER SUPPLY; WETLANDS;

EID: 57049162933     PISSN: 00472425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/jeq2007.0591     Document Type: Article

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