Water quality variability and eutrophic state in wet and dry years in wetlands of the semiarid and arid regions

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 59, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1397-1407

  Nouri, J ^a   Mirbagheri, S A ^b   Farrokhian, F ^a   Jaafarzadeh, N ^c   Alesheikh, A A ^b  

^a ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b K N TOOSI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

^c AHVAZ JUNDISHAPUR UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Eutrophication; Shadegan wetland; Water quality; Wetlands

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL RUNOFF; EUTROPHICATION; SILICATES; WATER QUALITY;

ECOLOGICAL ROLES; FORCING FUNCTION; INDUSTRIAL AREA; PHOSPHATE CONCENTRATION; WATER QUALITY CHARACTERISTICS; WATER QUALITY VARIABILITIES; WATER RESIDENCE TIME; WETLAND ECOSYSTEM;

WETLANDS;

ARID REGION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; EUTROPHICATION; NITRATE; PHOSPHATE; RUNOFF; SEMIARID REGION; SILICATE; WASTEWATER; WATER CHEMISTRY; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHED; WETLAND;

ARABIAN SEA; INDIAN OCEAN; IRAN; KHUZESTAN; PERSIAN GULF; SHADEGAN MARSHES;

EID: 77955146291     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-009-0126-1     Document Type: Article

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