Effects of land use on environmental conditions and macrophytes in prairie lotic ecosystems

Limnologica

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 18-26

  Rosso, Juan José ^a   Fernández Cirelli, Alicia ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Argentina; Cattle; Nitrates; Riparian zone; Streams

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; CONSERVATION; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; LAND USE; LOTIC ENVIRONMENT; MACROPHYTE; PH; PHYTOGEOGRAPHY;

BOS;

EID: 84870426815     PISSN: 00759511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.limno.2012.06.001     Document Type: Article

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