Changes in the impact of anthropogenic effects on river water quality during the last 50 years in Japan

Wetlands Ecology and Management

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 409-415

  Tabayashi, Yu ^a   Yamamuro, Masumi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chloride; Lifestyle; Nitrate; Urbanisation; Watershed

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; COASTAL ZONE; LAND USE; MOUNTAIN STREAM; RIVER WATER; URBANIZATION; WATER QUALITY; WETLAND;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN;

EID: 67651176292     PISSN: 09234861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11273-008-9117-3     Document Type: Article

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