Land-use change caused microbial pollution in a karst underground river, Chongqing, China

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 75, Issue 8, 2016, Pages

  He, Qiufang ^a,b   Qiu, Shulan ^a   Jiang, Yongjun ^a   Wu, Ze ^a   Liu, Ziqi ^a  

^a SOUTHWEST UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF MINERAL RESOURCES   (China)

Author keywords

Fecal bacteria; Hydrochemical; Karst; Storm event; Underground river

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; COLIFORM BACTERIA; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; EROSION; HYDROCHEMISTRY; LAND USE; LANDFORMS; POLLUTION; POTABLE WATER; RIVERS; SEEPAGE; SEWAGE; SOIL POLLUTION; SOILS; STORMS; SURFACE WATERS; WATER; WATER POLLUTION; WATER RESOURCES;

FECAL BACTERIA; HYDROCHEMICALS; KARST; STORM EVENTS; UNDERGROUND RIVERS;

RIVER POLLUTION;

FECAL COLIFORM; HUMAN ACTIVITY; HYDROCHEMISTRY; KARST HYDROLOGY; LAND USE CHANGE; POLLUTION INCIDENCE; RIVER POLLUTION; RUNOFF; SEEPAGE; SEWAGE;

CHINA; CHONGQING;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EQUIDAE;

EID: 84963759730     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-016-5530-8     Document Type: Article

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