Modelling the ecological impact of discharged urban waters upon receiving aquatic ecosystems. A tropical lowland river case study: City Cali and the Cauca river in Colombia

Modelling for Environment's Sake: Proceedings of the 5th Biennial Conference of the International Environmental Modelling and Software Society, iEMSs 2010

Volumn 2, Issue , 2010, Pages 1454-1462

  Holguin Gonzalez, J ^a   Goethals, P L M ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Habitat suitability models; Integrated ecological modelling

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM; BIOLOGICAL COMMUNITY; COLOMBIA; DRY SEASONS; ECOLOGICAL IMPACTS; ECOLOGICAL MODELLING; ECOLOGICAL MODELS; ECOLOGICAL QUALITY; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; HABITAT SUITABILITY MODEL; INDUSTRIAL CITY; INDUSTRIAL WASTEWATERS; LOW FLOW; LOWLAND RIVERS; MACROINVERTEBRATES; POLLUTANT LOADS; POLLUTION PROBLEMS; QUALITY CRITERIA; STATISTICAL MODELS; URBAN WATERS; WASTEWATER DISCHARGE; WATER QUALITY MODELS;

ECOSYSTEMS; EFFLUENTS; INTEGRATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MODELS; POLLUTION; RIVERS; WATER CONSERVATION; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY;

RIVER POLLUTION;

EID: 84858650448     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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