Spatial heterogeneity of water quality in a highly degraded tropical freshwater ecosystem

Environmental Management

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 249-263

  Zambrano, Luis ^a   Contreras, Victoria ^a   Mazari Hiriart, Marisa ^a   Zarco Arista, Alba E ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Interpolation; Land use; Shallow lake; Urban lake; Water quality index; Wetlands; Xochimilco

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS; COMBINED WATERS; DRY SEASONS; DYNAMIC SYSTEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL HETEROGENEITIES; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEMS; FRESHWATER SYSTEMS; HETEROGENEOUS SYSTEMS; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; INDEX VALUES; LOCAL HETEROGENEITIES; MEXICO CITIES; POLICY MAKERS; SHALLOW LAKE; SPATIAL HETEROGENEITIES; URBAN LAKE; WATER BODIES; WATER QUALITY INDEX; XOCHIMILCO;

CANALS; DROUGHT; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY; HYDRAULIC STRUCTURES; INTERPOLATION; LAKES; LAND USE; MILITARY OPERATIONS; SURVEYS; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY; WETLANDS;

DIFFUSERS (OPTICAL);

ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; HETEROGENEITY; HUMAN ACTIVITY; INTERPOLATION; LAND USE; POLICY MAKING; SEASONAL VARIATION; SHALLOW WATER; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT; WATER QUALITY; WETLAND MANAGEMENT;

CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FRESH WATER; MEXICO; MODELS, THEORETICAL; SEASONS; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

FEDERAL DISTRICT [MEXICO]; LAKE XOCHIMILCO; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 58149462087     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: 14321009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00267-008-9216-1     Document Type: Article

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