Relevance of the Paraná River hydrology on the fluvial water quality of the Delta Biosphere Reserve

Environmental Science and Pollution Research

Volumn 23, Issue 12, 2016, Pages 11430-11447

  Puig, Alba ^a   Olguín Salinas, Héctor F ^a,b   Borús, Juan A ^c  

^a MUSEO ARGENTINO DE CIENCIAS NATURALES BERNARDINO RIVADAVIA   (Argentina)

^b Ecología y Evolución de Buenos Aires   (Argentina)

^c Instituto Nacional del Agua Argentina   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Canonical analyses; Ecohydrology; ENSO; Extreme events; Fluvial system; La Plata basin; Physico chemical assessment; South America

Indexed keywords

CANONICAL ANALYSIS; CLIMATE CHANGE; DELTA; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; DRAINAGE BASIN; ECOHYDROLOGY; EL NINO; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; EXTREME EVENT; FLOODPLAIN; LOW FLOW; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; SEASONALITY; TRIBUTARY; WATER QUALITY;

ARGENTINA; BERMEJO BASIN; DANUBE DELTA BIOSPHERE RESERVE; LA PLATA BASIN; PARANA RIVER;

ARGENTINA; CHEMISTRY; HYDROLOGY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RIVER; WATER QUALITY;

ARGENTINA; HYDROLOGY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RIVERS; WATER QUALITY;

EID: 84947731158     PISSN: 09441344     EISSN: 16147499     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11356-015-5744-4     Document Type: Article

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