Impact of drought on the ecological and chemical status of surface water and on the content of arsenic and fluoride pollutants of groundwater in the province of Salamanca (Western Spain)

Chemistry and Ecology

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 545-560

  García Prieto, Juan C ^a   Cachaza, Juan M ^a   Pérez Galende, Patricia ^a   Roig, Manuel G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

Author keywords

arsenic; climate change; detection of algae; drought; fluoride contamination; groundwater; river regulation; surface water; water quality

Indexed keywords

ALGA; ARSENIC; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DROUGHT; FLUORIDE; GROUNDWATER; PHYTOPLANKTON; SURFACE WATER; WATER CHEMISTRY; WATER QUALITY;

DOURO RIVER; GUANAJUATO; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; SALAMANCA [GUANAJUATO];

ALGAE;

EID: 84870962375     PISSN: 02757540     EISSN: 10290370     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02757540.2012.686608     Document Type: Article

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