Impact of anthropogenic activities on urban stream water quality: a case study in Guangzhou, China

Environmental Science and Pollution Research

Volumn 21, Issue 23, 2014, Pages 13412-13419

  Liu, Jin Song ^a,c   Guo, Ling Chuan ^a,c   Luo, Xian Lin ^b   Chen, Fan Rong ^a   Zeng, Eddy Y ^a  

^a GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^b SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Anthropogenic activity; Asian Games; Guangzhou; Urban stream; Urban village; Water quality

Indexed keywords

CHEMISTRY; CHINA; RIVER; SEASON; URBANIZATION; WATER QUALITY;

CHINA; RIVERS; SEASONS; URBANIZATION; WATER QUALITY;

EID: 84911993194     PISSN: 09441344     EISSN: 16147499     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11356-014-3237-5     Document Type: Article

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