Defining nutrient and biochemical oxygen demand baselines for tropical rivers and streams in São Paulo State (Brazil): A comparison between reference and impacted sites

Environmental Management

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 945-956

  Cunha, Davi G F ^a   Dodds, Walter K ^b   Carmo Calijuri, Maria Do ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Eutrophication; Land use; Reference concentrations; S o Paulo State (Brazil); Tropical rivers and streams; Water quality

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL WATERSHEDS; CUMULATIVE FREQUENCIES; FRESH WATER; LAND COVER; MANAGEMENT UNIT; POPULATION DENSITIES; REFERENCE CONCENTRATION; REFERENCE CONDITION; REFERENCE VALUES; SPEARMAN RANK CORRELATION; TOTAL PHOSPHORUS; TROPICAL ECOSYSTEMS; TROPICAL RIVERS; TROPICAL RIVERS AND STREAMS; WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT; WATERBODIES;

BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; EUTROPHICATION; LANDFORMS; OXYGEN; PHOSPHORUS; POPULATION STATISTICS; SURFACE WATER RESOURCES; TROPICS; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY;

RIVERS;

AMMONIA; FRESH WATER; LAKE WATER; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; RIVER WATER;

BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; EUTROPHICATION; LAND USE; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT; PHOSPHORUS; RIVER; STREAM; WATER QUALITY;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; BRAZIL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; EUTROPHICATION; LAND USE; POPULATION DENSITY; REFERENCE VALUE; RIVER; STREAM (RIVER); URBAN AREA; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHED;

AMMONIA; BRAZIL; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EUTROPHICATION; NITROGEN; OXYGEN; PHOSPHORUS; RIVERS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER POLLUTION, CHEMICAL; WATER QUALITY;

BRAZIL; SAO PAULO [BRAZIL];

EID: 80054744821     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: 14321009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00267-011-9739-8     Document Type: Article

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