Effect of wetlands on water quality of an agricultural catchment in a semi-arid area under land use transformation

Wetlands

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1104-1113

  Moreno Mateos, David ^a,b   Comín, Francisco A ^b   Pedrocchi, César ^b   Causapé, Jesús ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b INSTITUTO PIRENAICO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Spain)

^c INSTITUTO GEOLÓGICO Y MINERO DE ESPAÑA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Agricultural landscape; Irrigation; Nutrients; Phragmites australis; Salinity; Sediments

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL CATCHMENT; AGRICULTURAL LAND; BIODIVERSITY; LAND USE CHANGE; RUNOFF; SALINITY; SEMIARID REGION; WATER QUALITY; WETLAND;

EBRO BASIN; SPAIN;

EMBRYOPHYTA; PHRAGMITES AUSTRALIS;

EID: 72449167918     PISSN: 02775212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1672/08-196.1     Document Type: Article

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