Water quality of the Ribeirão Preto Stream, a watercourse under anthropogenic influence in the southeast of Brazil

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 185, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 1151-1161

  Da Silva Alves, Renato I ^a   De Oliveira Cardoso, Osmar ^a   De Abreu Tonani, Karina A ^a   Julião, Fabiana C ^a   Trevilato, Tânia M B ^a   Segura Muñoz, Susana I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Coliforms; Heavy metals; Limnology; Parasites; Surface water

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC INFLUENCE; COLIFORMS; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; LIMNOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; PARASITES; POINT SOURCES; URBAN AREAS; WATER QUANTITIES;

COPPER; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HEAVY METALS; LEAD; LIMNOLOGY; MANGANESE; SURFACE WATERS; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY; ZINC;

POLLUTION;

CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; COPPER; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; HEAVY METAL; LEAD; MANGANESE; MERCURY; SURFACE WATER; ZINC;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; HEAVY METAL; LIMNOLOGY; PARASITE; URBAN AREA; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BRAZIL; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; LIMNOLOGY; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PH MEASUREMENT; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; TRANSPARENCY; URBAN AREA; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER POLLUTION INDICATOR; WATER QUALITY; WATER SAMPLING; WATER STANDARD; WATER TEMPERATURE; CHEMISTRY; MICROBIOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; RIVER; STATISTICS; WATER POLLUTANT; WATER POLLUTION;

BRAZIL; RIBEIRAO PRETO; SAO PAULO [BRAZIL];

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

BRAZIL; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; METALS, HEAVY; RIVERS; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER POLLUTION;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84874446615     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-012-2622-0     Document Type: Article

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