Land use and topography as predictors of nutrient levels in a tropical catchment

Limnologica

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 322-329

  Castillo, María M ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD SIMÓN BOLÍVAR   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Land use; Nitrate; Nutrient; Phosphorus; Runoff; Topography; Tropical stream

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENT; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); LAND USE; NITRATE; PHOSPHORUS; RUNOFF; SEASONAL VARIATION; STREAM; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TOPOGRAPHY; TRIBUTARY;

ALGAE;

EID: 77958176364     PISSN: 00759511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.limno.2009.09.003     Document Type: Article

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