Urban rivers as hotspots of regional nitrogen pollution

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 205, Issue , 2015, Pages 139-144

  Zhang, Xiaohong ^a   Wu, Yiyun ^b   Gu, Baojing ^b  

^a Supervision Center of Hangzhou Urban Rivers   (China)

^b ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Human activities; Mitigation; Pollution source; Regional pollution

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN; POLLUTION; POLLUTION CONTROL; POLLUTION DETECTION; RIVERS; SURFACE WATERS; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

HUMAN ACTIVITIES; MITIGATION; NITROGEN POLLUTION; POLLUTION SOURCES; REACTIVE NITROGEN; REGIONAL POLLUTION; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS; URBAN ENVIRONMENTS;

RIVER POLLUTION;

AMMONIA; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; SURFACE WATER;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); HUMAN ACTIVITY; NITROGEN; POLLUTANT SOURCE; POLLUTION CONTROL; RIVER POLLUTION; URBAN AREA; WATER QUALITY;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CHINA; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; POLLUTION MONITORING; STREAM (RIVER); URBAN AREA; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY; ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; CITY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMAN; RIVER;

CHINA; HANGZHOU; ZHEJIANG;

CHINA; CITIES; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMANS; NITROGEN; RIVERS; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

EID: 84930938835     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: 18736424     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2015.05.031     Document Type: Article

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