Assessment of ecological water quality along a rural to urban land use gradient using benthic macroinvertebrate-based indexes
Agricultural practices such as livestock grazing and tilling can result in soil erosion and runoff of fine sediments, nutrients (e.g. nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium) and pesticides, leading to degradation of aquatic environments. Urbanization is also responsible for a variety of impacts on fluvial...
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| Language: | English |
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Universidade Federal de Uberlândia
2017-12-01
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| Series: | Bioscience Journal |
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| Online Access: | https://seer-dev.ufu.br/index.php/biosciencejournal/article/view/37842 |