Catchment morphometric characteristics, land use and water chemistry in Pampean streams: a regional approach

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 767, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 65-79

  Amuchástegui, Graciana ^a   di Franco, Leonardo ^a   Feijoó, Claudia ^a  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE CIENCIAS BÁSICAS   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Cattle breeding; Nitrogen; Phosphorus; Scale

Indexed keywords

BREEDING; CATCHMENT; CATTLE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); INTENSIVE AGRICULTURE; LAND USE; MORPHOMETRY; MOUNTAIN STREAM; NITRATE; PHOSPHORUS; PHOTOSYNTHETICALLY ACTIVE RADIATION; WATER CHEMISTRY;

ARGENTINA; SIERRAS PAMPEANAS;

BOS;

EID: 84955670171     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-015-2478-8     Document Type: Article

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