Groundwater ecosystem services: A review

Freshwater Science

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 355-367

  Griebler, Christian ^a   Avramov, Maria ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biodegradation; Biodiversity; Bioindicators; Ecosystem services; Ground water; Pathogens

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIODEGRADATION; BIODIVERSITY; BIOINDICATOR; DROUGHT; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; FLOOD CONTROL; GROUNDWATER; PATHOGEN; PURIFICATION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SUSTAINABILITY; WATER QUALITY; WATER STORAGE;

METAZOA;

EID: 84929619697     PISSN: 21619549     EISSN: 21619565     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/679903     Document Type: Review

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