Temporal trends in organic carbon content in the main Swiss rivers, 1974-2010

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 502, Issue , 2015, Pages 206-217

  Rodriguez Murillo J C ^a   Zobrist, J ^b   Filella, M ^c  

^a MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

^b SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Carbon cycle; DOC; Rivers; Switzerland; Temporal trends; TOC

Indexed keywords

CARBON CYCLES; DOC; SWITZERLAND; TEMPORAL TRENDS; TOC;

RIVERS;

DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; DISSOLVED REACTIVE PHOSPHORUS; ORGANIC CARBON; PHOSPHORUS; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CARBON; WATER POLLUTANT;

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; ORGANIC CARBON; RIVER DISCHARGE; RIVER WATER; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TREND ANALYSIS; WATER CHEMISTRY;

ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PREDICTION; RIVER ECOSYSTEM; SLUDGE TREATMENT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SWITZERLAND; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON; TREND STUDY; WATER POLLUTION; WATER TEMPERATURE; ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; RIVER; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; WATER POLLUTANT;

AARE RIVER; RHINE RIVER; RHONE RIVER; SWITZERLAND; THUR RIVER [SWITZERLAND];

CARBON; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; PHOSPHORUS; RIVERS; SWITZERLAND; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER POLLUTION, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84907482493     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2014.08.096     Document Type: Article

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