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Title

Water temperature in lowland streams: a preliminary study on its spatio-temporal variability and environmental dependence

Journal title

Archives of Environmental Protection

Yearbook

2025

Volume

51

Issue

3

Authors

Affiliation

Łaszewski, Maksym Andrzej : Faculty of Geography and Regional Studies, University of Warsaw, Poland ; Skorupa, Weronika : Faculty of Geography and Regional Studies, University of Warsaw, Poland ; Bróż, Adrian : Faculty of Geography and Regional Studies, University of Warsaw, Poland ; Kapelewska, Karolina : Faculty of Geography and Regional Studies, University of Warsaw, Poland ; Malinowska, Wiktoria : Faculty of Geography and Regional Studies, University of Warsaw, Poland ; Wakuła, Jagoda : Faculty of Geography and Regional Studies, University of Warsaw, Poland

Keywords

Poland; ; thermal regime; ; environmental metrics; ; lowland streams;

Divisions of PAS

Nauki Techniczne

Coverage

3-12

Publisher

Polish Academy of Sciences

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Date

08.09.2025

Type

Article

Identifier

DOI: 10.24425/aep.2025.156004

DOI

10.24425/aep.2025.156004

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