Analysis of anthropogenic pressures in the Segura Watershed (SE Spain), with a focus on inter-basin transfer

Ecohydrology

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 878-888

  Kroll, Stefanie A ^a   Ringler, Neil H ^a   De las Heras, Jorge ^b   Goméz Alday, Juan José ^b   Moratalla, Angel ^b   Briggs, Russell D ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CASTILLA LA MANCHA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Flow regulation; Inter basin transfer; Land use; Macroinvertebrates

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC PRESSURES; FLOW REGIMES; FLOW REGULATION; INTER-BASIN TRANSFER; MACROINVERTEBRATE COMMUNITY; MACROINVERTEBRATES; NUTRIENT CONCENTRATIONS; URBAN LAND USE;

ECOLOGY; IONS; LAND USE; RESERVOIRS (WATER); RIVERS; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHEDS;

RIVER POLLUTION;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ECOSYSTEM HEALTH; FLOW REGULATION; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; LAND USE; MACROINVERTEBRATE; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; RIVER BASIN; SALINIZATION; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHED;

SEGURA BASIN; SPAIN; TAGUS BASIN;

EID: 84885860100     PISSN: 19360584     EISSN: 19360592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eco.1311     Document Type: Article

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