Spatial and temporal variability of the water and sediments quality in the alqueva reservoir (Guadiana Basin; Southern Portugal)

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 470-471, Issue , 2014, Pages 780-790

  Palma, P ^a,b   Ledo, L ^a   Soares, S ^a,c   Barbosa, I R ^d   Alvarenga, P ^a,e  

^a INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO DE BEJA   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALGARVE   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^e INSTITUTO SUPERIOR DE AGRONOMIA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Alqueva reservoir; Guadiana Basin; Multivariate analyses; Sediment quality; Trace elements; Water quality

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; EUTROPHICATION; FAULT TOLERANT COMPUTER SYSTEMS; LEAD; MANGANESE REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT); MULTIVARIANT ANALYSIS; NATURAL LANGUAGE PROCESSING SYSTEMS; NUTRIENTS; RIVER POLLUTION; SEDIMENTS; SURFACE WATERS; TRACE ELEMENTS; WATER QUALITY;

ALQUEVA; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; GUADIANA BASIN; MAJOR AND TRACE ELEMENTS; MULTI VARIATE ANALYSIS; SEDIMENT QUALITY; SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL VARIABILITY; WATER QUALITY VARIABILITIES;

RESERVOIRS (WATER);

AMMONIA; ARSENIC; CADMIUM; CHLORIDE; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; IRON; LEAD; MANGANESE; NITRATE; NITRITE; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS;

AMMONIUM; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EUTROPHICATION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SPATIAL VARIATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TRACE ELEMENT; WATER COLUMN; WATER QUALITY;

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CHEMICAL PARAMETERS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DEGRADATION; ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; HYDRODYNAMICS; NUTRIENT; ORGANIC CHEMISTRY; PH; PORTUGAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; QUALITY CONTROL PROCEDURES; REFERENCE VALUE; RIVER BASIN; SEDIMENT; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER QUALITY; WATER SAMPLING; WATER SUPPLY; WATER TEMPERATURE;

ALQUEVA RESERVOIR; GUADIANA BASIN; PORTUGAL;

ALQUEVA RESERVOIR; GUADIANA BASIN; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSES; SEDIMENT QUALITY; TRACE ELEMENTS; WATER QUALITY;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FRESH WATER; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; PORTUGAL; SPATIO-TEMPORAL ANALYSIS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER POLLUTION, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84887002562     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2013.10.035     Document Type: Article

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