Human alteration of groundwater-surface water interactions (Sagittario River, Central Italy): Implication for flow regime, contaminant fate and invertebrate response

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 1791-1807

  Caschetto, Mariachiara ^a   Barbieri, Maurizio ^a   Galassi, Diana M P ^b   Mastrorillo, Lucia ^a   Rusi, Sergio ^c   Stoch, Fabio ^b   Di Cioccio, Alessia ^b   Petitta, Marco ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHIETI   (Italy)

Author keywords

GDE; Italy; Nitrogen cycle; River; Stable isotope; Surface groundwater interaction

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893971594     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-013-2584-8     Document Type: Article

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