Assessing the effects of landscape pattern on river water quality at multiple scales: A case study of the Dongjiang River watershed, China

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 23, Issue , 2012, Pages 166-175

  Zhou, Ting ^a   Wu, Jianguo ^b,c   Peng, Shaolin ^a  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c INNER MONGOLIA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Anthropogenic impacts; Dongjiang River; Landscape pattern; River restoration; Scale; Water quality

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC IMPACTS; ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY; FIELD MEASUREMENT; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; LAND USE AND LAND COVER; LAND USE AND LAND COVER CHANGE; LANDSCAPE ATTRIBUTES; LANDSCAPE MANAGEMENT; LANDSCAPE PATTERN; MULTIPLE SCALE; MULTISCALES; POLLUTION SOURCES; REMOTE SENSING DATA; RIVER FLOW; RIVER MANAGEMENT; RIVER RESTORATION; RIVER SYSTEMS; RIVER WATER QUALITY; RIVER WATERSHEDS; SCALE; SOUTHERN CHINA; SPACE AND TIME; SPATIAL SCALE; URBAN LAND USE;

CATCHMENTS; ECONOMICS; LAND USE; LANDFORMS; POLLUTION CONTROL; REMOTE SENSING; RESTORATION; RUNOFF; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHEDS;

RIVERS;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CATCHMENT; FIELD METHOD; LAND COVER; LANDSCAPE STRUCTURE; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; POLLUTANT SOURCE; REMOTE SENSING; RIVER FLOW; RIVER MANAGEMENT; RIVER SYSTEM; RIVER WATER; SUSTAINABILITY; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHED;

CHINA; DONG RIVER;

EID: 84859936877     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2012.03.013     Document Type: Article

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