Effect of a reservoir in the water quality of the Reconquista River, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 185, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 9161-9168

  Rigacci, Laura N ^a,b   Giorgi, Adonis D N ^b,c   Vilches, Carolina S ^b,c   Ossana, Natalia Alejandra ^b   Salibián, Alfredo ^b  

^a Agencia Nacional de Promoción Científica y Tecnológica ANPCyT   (Argentina)

^b DEPARTAMENTO DE CIENCIAS BÁSICAS   (Argentina)

^c Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas ^*  (Argentina)

Author keywords

Depuration; Reconquista River basin; Reservoir; Water quality

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; HEAVY METALS; MULTIVARIANT ANALYSIS; RESERVOIRS (WATER); RIVERS; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHEDS;

BUENOS AIRES , ARGENTINA; DEPURATION; HEAVY METAL CONCENTRATION; HUMAN SETTLEMENTS; MULTIVARIATE STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL PARAMETERS; RIVER BASINS; WATERBODIES;

RIVER POLLUTION;

ARSENIC; CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; COPPER; LEAD; ZINC;

AMMONIA; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DISCHARGE; HEAVY METAL; ORGANIC MATTER; OXYGENATION; RESERVOIR; RIVER BASIN; STREAMWATER; WATER QUALITY;

ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); OXYGENATION; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; RIVER; RIVER BASIN; STREAM (RIVER); WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY;

ARGENTINA; BUENOS AIRES [ARGENTINA]; DURAZNO [URUGUAY]; RECONQUISTA RIVER; URUGUAY;

EID: 84885472273     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-013-3243-y     Document Type: Article

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