Water quality of rural ponds in the extensive agricultural landscape of the Cerrado (Brazil)

Limnology

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 239-246

  Bichsel, David ^b   De Marco, Paulo ^a   Bispo, Arthur Ângelo ^a   Ilg, Christiane ^b   Dias Silva, Karina ^a   Vieira, Thiago Bernardi ^a   Correa, Caroline Costa ^a   Oertli, Beat ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF GOIÁS   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES WESTERN SWITZERLAND   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Chlorophyll; Reservoirs; Savannah; Small waterbodies; Socioeconomic uses; Water quality

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; BIODIVERSITY; CERRADO; EUTROPHICATION; EXTENSIVE AGRICULTURE; POND; RESERVOIR; RURAL AREA; WATER QUALITY;

BRAZIL; GOIANIA; GOIAS;

BOS; NIA;

EID: 84957937496     PISSN: 14398621     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10201-016-0478-7     Document Type: Article

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