Watershed influence on fluvial ecosystems: An integrated methodology for river water quality management

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 152, Issue 1-4, 2009, Pages 327-342

  Carone, Maria T ^a   Simoniello, Tiziana ^b   Manfreda, Salvatore ^c   Caricato, Gaetano ^c  

^a ARPAB   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BASILICATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Basin hydrology; Biomonitoring; Fluvial ecosystems; Remote sensing; Water quality management

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL AREAS; BASIN HYDROLOGY; BIOMONITORING; CRITICAL AMOUNTS; CRITICAL SEGMENTS; DISTRIBUTED HYDROLOGICAL MODELS; FLUVIAL ECOSYSTEMS; HYDROGEOLOGICAL; INTEGRATED METHODOLOGIES; MACRO-INVERTEBRATES; MORPHOLOGICAL INFORMATIONS; MULTI-DISCIPLINARY APPROACHES; NON-POINT POLLUTIONS; PLAN MONITORING; POLLUTANT LOADS; RIVER RESTORATIONS; RIVER WATER QUALITIES; RIVER-BASIN MANAGEMENTS; RUNOFF PRODUCTIONS; SATELLITE DATUM; STRONG LINKS; WATER FRAMEWORK DIRECTIVES; WATER QUALITY MANAGEMENT; WATERSHED LEVELS;

AGRICULTURAL RUNOFF; CEMENTS; EARTH SCIENCES; ECOSYSTEMS; HYDRAULIC MODELS; LANDFORMS; PLANNING; PRODUCTION; QUALITY CONTROL; QUALITY MANAGEMENT; REMOTE SENSING; RIVERS; WATER CONSERVATION; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY; WATERSHEDS;

RIVER POLLUTION;

RIVER WATER; RUNOFF;

BIOMONITORING; EUROPEAN UNION; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; INTEGRATED APPROACH; NONPOINT SOURCE POLLUTION; REMOTE SENSING; RIVER WATER; RUNOFF; SATELLITE DATA; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHED;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HYDROLOGY; LAW; MACROINVERTEBRATE; METHODOLOGY; POLICY; RURAL AREA; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER POLLUTANT; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHED;

ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HUMANS; ITALY; MODELS, THEORETICAL; RIVERS; WATER MOVEMENTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 63749125479     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-008-0319-1     Document Type: Article

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