Ecological monitoring of the fresh waters in Stara Zagora Region, Bulgaria I. Quality analyses of nitrogen compounds contents

Desalination

Volumn 264, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 48-55

  Georgieva, N ^a   Yaneva, Z ^a   Dospatliev, L ^a  

^a TRAKIA UNIVERSITY   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

Ammonium; Groundwater; Nitrates; Nitrites; Surface water

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; GROUNDWATER; NITRATES; NITROGEN; NITROGEN COMPOUNDS; POLLUTION; SAMPLING; SURFACE WATERS; WATER POLLUTION;

AMMONIUM; COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS; ECOLOGICAL MONITORING; EXPONENTIAL CORRELATION; NITRITE NITROGEN; NITRITES; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT;

RIVER POLLUTION;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ECOLOGICAL APPROACH; GROUNDWATER; NITRATE; NITRITE; POLLUTION MONITORING; SAMPLING; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; SURFACE WATER; WATER MANAGEMENT;

BULGARIA; STARA ZAGORA;

EID: 79955732687     PISSN: 00119164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.desal.2010.07.003     Document Type: Article

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