Recent changes (1973–2014 versus 1903–1972) in the flow regime of the Lower Paraná River and current fluvial pollution warnings in its Delta Biosphere Reserve

Environmental Science and Pollution Research

Volumn 23, Issue 12, 2016, Pages 11471-11492

  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

Biosphere Reserve; Change point detection; Ecohydrology; Environmental flows; Fluvial system; Hydrologic alteration indicators; La Plata basin; Water pollution

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; CLIMATE VARIATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ECOHYDROLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL INDICATOR; FLOOD; FLOW REGULATION; FLUVIAL PROCESS; GUIDELINE; HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATION; NATURE RESERVE; RIVER WATER; SEASONALITY; STOCHASTICITY; WARNING SYSTEM; WATER POLLUTION;

ARGENTINA; LA PLATA BASIN; PARAGUAY; PARANA BASIN; PARANA RIVER; SAN PEDRO [PARAGUAY];

CYANOBACTERIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

WATER POLLUTANT;

ANALYSIS; ARGENTINA; CHEMISTRY; HYDROLOGY; RIVER; WATER FLOW; WATER POLLUTANT; WATER QUALITY;

ARGENTINA; HYDROLOGY; RIVERS; WATER MOVEMENTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER QUALITY;

EID: 84964333996     PISSN: 09441344     EISSN: 16147499     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11356-016-6501-z     Document Type: Article

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