Agricultural impact on Mediterranean alluvial aquifers: Do groundwater communities respond?

Fundamental and Applied Limnology

Volumn 182, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 271-282

  Di Lorenzo, Tiziana ^a   Galassi, Diana M P ^b  

^a Istituto per lo Studio degli Ecosistemi   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Alluvial aquifers; Groundwater; Nitrate; Overexploitation; Stygobiont

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT; AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; AQUIFER; BIOFILM; COASTAL AQUIFER; COMMUNITY RESPONSE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; EXPLOITATION; GROUNDWATER ABSTRACTION; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; GROUNDWATER RESOURCE; HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE; LOCAL EXTINCTION; MICROHABITAT; NITRATE; SALINE INTRUSION; SPECIES RICHNESS;

MEDITERRANEAN REGION;

EID: 84880027689     PISSN: 18639135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/1863-9135/2013/0398     Document Type: Article

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