Water quality and relationship between superficial and ground water in Rome (Aniene river basin, central Italy)

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 60, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1267-1279

  La Vigna, Francesco ^a   Ciadamidaro, Simone ^b,c   Mazza, Roberto ^a   Mancini, Laura ^b  

^a ROMA TRE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^c SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Macrobenthos community analysis; Microbiological analysis; Rome; Streams and ground water relationship; Urban areas; Water quality

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL FEATURES; CENTRAL ITALY; COMMUNITY ANALYSIS; DRILLING ACTIVITY; EASTERN AREA; FAUNAL COMPOSITION; GROUND WATER SYSTEMS; MACROBENTHOS; MICROBIOLOGICAL ANALYSIS; RESIDUAL VALUE; RIVER BASINS; SAPIENZA; SHALLOW AQUIFERS; SHALLOW GROUNDWATER; SUPERFICIAL WATER; SURVEY METHODS; URBAN AREAS;

AQUIFERS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDRAULICS; HYDROGEOLOGY; QUALITY CONTROL; RIVERS; WATER QUALITY;

RIVER POLLUTION;

AQUIFER; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER-SURFACE WATER INTERACTION; MACROBENTHOS; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; PH; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; STREAMFLOW; SURFACE WATER; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; URBAN AREA; WATER QUALITY; WATER RESOURCE;

ITALY; LAZIO; ROMA [LAZIO]; ROME;

EID: 77954045340     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-009-0267-2     Document Type: Article

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