Effects of Catchment and Riparian Landscape Setting on Water Chemistry and Seasonal Evolution of Water Quality in the Upper Han River Basin, China

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Li, Siyue ^a   Xia, Xiaoling ^a   Tan, Xiang ^a   Zhang, Quanfa ^a  

^a Wuhan Institute of Botany Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BICARBONATE; CALCIUM ION; CHLORIDE ION; NITRIC OXIDE; POTASSIUM ION; SODIUM ION; SULFATE;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; ARTICLE; CATCHMENT; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHINA; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; GEOCHEMISTRY; HUMAN IMPACT (ENVIRONMENT); PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; RIPARIAN ECOSYSTEM; SEASONAL VARIATION; URBAN AREA; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

CHINA; ECOLOGICAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROCESSES; HYDROLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RIVERS; SEASONS; TIME FACTORS; WATER; WATER QUALITY;

EID: 84872776608     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0053163     Document Type: Article

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