Water Quality Assessment of Streams and Wetlands in a Fast Growing East African City
The combination of rapid urbanization, industrialization, population growth, and low environmental awareness poses a major threat to worldwide valuable freshwater resources, which provide important ecosystem services to humans. There is an urgent need to monitor and assess these resources, as this i...
Main Authors: | Niels De Troyer, Seid Tiku Mereta, Peter L.M. Goethals, Pieter Boets |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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MDPI AG
2016-03-01
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Series: | Water |
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Online Access: | http://www.mdpi.com/2073-4441/8/4/123 |
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