Hydroclimatic and water quality trends across three Mediterranean river basins

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 571, Issue , 2016, Pages 1392-1406

  Lutz, Stefanie R ^a   Mallucci, Stefano ^b   Diamantini, Elena ^b   Majone, Bruno ^b   Bellin, Alberto ^b   Merz, Ralf ^a  

^a HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Hydroclimatic trends; Mann Kendall trend analysis; Mediterranean river basins; Nitrate pollution trends; Streamflow; Water scarcity

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEMS; NITRATES; RIVERS; STREAM FLOW; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY; WATERSHEDS;

HYDROCLIMATIC; MANN-KENDALL TRENDS; MEDITERRANEAN RIVERS; NITRATE POLLUTION; WATER SCARCITY;

RIVER POLLUTION;

NITRATE; SURFACE WATER; NITRIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

NITRATE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RIVER BASIN; RIVER POLLUTION; STREAMFLOW; TREND ANALYSIS; WATER QUALITY; WATER TEMPERATURE;

ARTICLE; CLIMATE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; PRECIPITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; RIVER BASIN; STREAM (RIVER); TREND STUDY; WATER AVAILABILITY; WATER FLOW; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY; WATER TEMPERATURE; WATERSHED; ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EUROPE; HYDROLOGY; RIVER; WATER POLLUTANT;

ADIGE BASIN; EBRO BASIN; ITALY; SAVA BASIN; SPAIN;

CLIMATE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EUROPE; HYDROLOGY; NITRATES; RIVERS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER QUALITY;

EID: 84978842701     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2016.07.102     Document Type: Article

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