In-Stream Nutrient Flux and Retention in Relation to Land Use in the Llobregat River Basin

Handbook of Environmental Chemistry

Volumn 21, Issue , 2012, Pages 69-92

  Aguilera, Rosana ^a   Sabater, Sergi ^a   Marcé, Rafael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GIRONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Basin scale; In stream removal; Modeling; Nutrients

Indexed keywords

EID: 85000199281     PISSN: 1867979X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/698_2012_143     Document Type: Chapter

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