Characterization of water quality variation in the Mekong River at Vientiane by frequent observations

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 25, Issue 23, 2011, Pages 3590-3601

  Iida, Toshiaki ^a   Inkhamseng, Somphone ^b   Yoshida, Koshi ^c   Tanji, Hajime ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF LAOS   (Laos)

^c IBARAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR RURAL ENGINEERING   (Japan)

Author keywords

Erosion; Mekong River; Nitrogen; Nutrient pulse; Phosphorus; Water quality

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM CONCENTRATIONS; ANNUAL MAXIMA; BED MATERIALS; DRY SEASONS; HIGH FLOW; LOW FLOW; MEKONG RIVER; NITRATE CONCENTRATION; NITROGEN CONCENTRATIONS; OBSERVED DATA; PHOSPHORUS CONCENTRATION; PHYSICAL EFFECTS; QUALITY VARIATION; RE-SUSPENSION; SURFACE RUNOFFS; SURFACE SOIL;

AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; EROSION; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; RIVERS; RUNOFF; SAMPLING; SURFACES; TURBIDITY; WATER QUALITY;

WATER CONTENT;

GEOACCUMULATION; GEOSTATISTICS; MOBILIZATION; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT CYCLING; PHOSPHORUS; RIVER BED; RIVER DISCHARGE; RIVER WATER; SOIL EROSION; WATER QUALITY;

LAOS; MEKONG RIVER; VIENTIANE;

EID: 80054860329     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.8084     Document Type: Article

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