Spatio-temporal variation in stream water chemistry in a tropical urban watershed

Ecology and Society

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2014, Pages

  Ramírez, Alonso ^a   Rosas, Keysa G ^a   Lugo, Ariel E ^b   Ramos González, Olga M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

^b USDA Forest Service International Institute of Tropical Forestry   (Puerto Rico)

Author keywords

Ion concentrations; Nutrient concentrations; Puerto Rico; Tropical streams; Urban streams; Water physicochemistry

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); HUMAN ACTIVITY; ION; NUTRIENT; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; SPATIAL VARIATION; STREAMWATER; TEMPORAL VARIATION; URBAN AREA; WATER CHEMISTRY; WATERSHED;

PUERTO RICO;

EID: 84903713585     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17083087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5751/ES-06481-190245     Document Type: Article

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