[Ahearn, D.S., Sheibley, R.W., Dahlgren, R.A., Anderson, M., Johnson, J. & Tate K.W. (2005). Land use and land cover influence on water quality in the last free-flowing river draining the western Sierra Nevada, California. J. Hydrol., 313(3−4), 234–247. DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2005.02.038.10.1016/j.jhydrol.2005.02.038]Open DOISearch in Google Scholar
[Akasaka, M., Takamura, N., Mitsuhashi, H. & Kadono Y. (2010). Effects of land use on aquatic macrophyte diversity and water quality of ponds. Freshw. Biol., 55(4), 909–922. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2427.2009.02334.x.10.1111/j.1365-2427.2009.02334.x]Open DOISearch in Google Scholar
[Babošová, M., Noskovič, J. & Ivanič Porhajašová J. (2017) Evaluation of the concentration of inorganic forms of nitrogen and phosphorus under the forest ecosystem of the Čaradický stream. Journal of Central European Agriculture, 18(4), 942−955. DOI: 10.5513/JCEA01/18.4.1989.10.5513/JCEA01/18.4.1989]Open DOISearch in Google Scholar
[Basnyat, P., Teeter, L.D., Flynn, K.M. & Lockaby B.G. (1999). Relationships between landscape characteristics and non-point source pollution inputs to coastal estuaries. Environ. Manag., 23(4), 539−549. DOI: 10.1007/s002679900208.10.1007/s00267990020810085386]Open DOISearch in Google Scholar
[Buck, O., Niyogi, D.K. & Townsend C.R. (2004). Scale-dependence of land use effects on water quality of streams in agricultural catchments. Environ. Pollut., 130(2), 287−299. DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2003.10.0.10.1016/j.envpol.2003.10.0]Open DOISearch in Google Scholar
[Chang, H. (2008). Spatial analysis of water quality trends in the Han River basin, South Korea. Water Res., 42(13), 3285−3304. DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2008.04.006.10.1016/j.watres.2008.04.00618490047]Open DOISearch in Google Scholar
[CORINE Land Cover (2012). European Environment Agency, from Copernicus Servisces. https://land.copernicus.eu/pan-european/corine-land-cover/clc-2012/view]Search in Google Scholar
[Ding, J., Jiang, Y., Liu, Q., Hou, Z., Liao, J., Fu, L. & Peng Q. (2016). Influences of the land use pattern on water quality in low-order streams of the Dongjiang River basin, China: a multi-scale analysis. Sci. Total Environ., 551, 205–216. DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2016.01.162.10.1016/j.scitotenv.2016.01.16226878633]Open DOISearch in Google Scholar
[Directive 2000/60/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October 2000 establishing a framework for Community action in the field of water policy (in Slovak).]Search in Google Scholar
[Enviroportál (2017). Kvalita povrchovej vody.]Search in Google Scholar
[Fox, J., Friendly, M. & Monette G. (2017). heplots: Visualizing Tests in Multivariate Linear Models. R package version 1.3-4. URL https://CRAN.R-project.org/package=heplots]Search in Google Scholar
[Government Regulation no. 269/2010 Coll., Laying down the requirements for achieving good status of waters, as amended by no. 398/2012 Coll. (in Slovak).]Search in Google Scholar
[Húska, D., Jurík, Ľ., Jureková, Z., Kaletová, T., Krupová, K. & Mandalová K. (2013) Impact of anthropogenic factors on surface water quality in the partial catchment area of Žitava (in Slovak). Nitra: SPU.]Search in Google Scholar
[Johnson, R.C., Jin, H.S., Carreiro, M.M. & Jack J.D. (2013). Macroinvertebrate community structure, secondary production and trophic-level dynamics in urban streams affected by non-point-source pollution. Freshw. Biol., 58(5), 843–857. DOI: 10.1111/fwb.12090.10.1111/fwb.12090]Open DOISearch in Google Scholar
[Jurík, Ľ., Tátošová, L. & Húska D. (2013) Environmental effects of landscape changes at water quality of the Slovak rivers Žitava and Slaná and its tributaries. In Water for life (p. 35). Landau in der Pfalz: Universität.]Search in Google Scholar
[Langhammer, J. (2002). The quality and protection of surface water (in Czech). Praha: PF UK.]Search in Google Scholar
[Li, H., Liu, L. & Ji X. (2015). Modeling the relationship between landscape characteristics and water quality in a typical highly intensive agricultural small watershed, dongting lake basin, south central China. Environ. Monit. Assess., 187(3), 129. DOI: 10.1007/s10661-015-4349-1.10.1007/s10661-015-4349-125697310]Open DOISearch in Google Scholar
[Li, S., Liu, W., Gu, S., Cheng, X., Xu, Z. & Zhang Q. (2009). Spatio-temporal dynamics of nutrients in the upper Han River basin, China. J. Hazard. Mater., 162(2), 1340–1346. DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2008.06.059.10.1016/j.jhazmat.2008.06.05918675508]Open DOISearch in Google Scholar
[Lu, Y., Song, S., Wang, R., Liu, Z., Meng, J., Sweetman, A.J., Jenkins, A., Ferrier, R.C., Li, H., Luo, W. & Wang T. (2015). Impacts of soil and water pollution on food safety and health risks in China. Environ. Int., 77, 5–15. DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2014.12.010.10.1016/j.envint.2014.12.010]Open DOISearch in Google Scholar
[Maillard, P. & Santos N.A.P. (2008). A spatial-statistical approach for modeling the effect of non-point source pollution on different water quality parameters in the velhas river watershed–Brazil. J. Environ. Manag., 86(1), 158–170. DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2006.12.009.10.1016/j.jenvman.2006.12.009]Open DOISearch in Google Scholar
[Mendel, O., Pekárová, P. & Halmová D. (1994). The integral influence of human activities in a basin on the nitrate contamination of surface water. In P. Senna, A. Gustard, V.W. Arnell & G.A. Cole (Eds.), FRIEND: Flow Regimes from International Experimental and Network Data (pp. 409−416). Proceedings Braunschweig Conference, October 1993. IAHS.]Search in Google Scholar
[Muchová, Z. & Tárníková M. (2018). Land cover change and its influence on the assessment of the ecological stability. Applied Ecology and Environmental Research, 16(3) 2169−2182. DOI: 10.15666/aeer/1603_21692182.10.15666/aeer/1603_21692182]Search in Google Scholar
[Navarro, D.J. (2015). Learning statistics with R: A tutorial for psychology students and other beginners (Version 0.5). Adelaide: University of Adelaide.]Search in Google Scholar
[Oliveira, L.M., Maillard, P. & Andrade Pinto E.J. (2016). Modeling the effect of land use/land cover on nitrogen, phosphorous and dissolved oxygen loads in the Velhas River using the concept of exclusive contribution area. Environ. Monit. Assess., 188 (6), 333. DOI: 10.1007/s10661-016-5323-2.10.1007/s10661-016-5323-2]Open DOISearch in Google Scholar
[Ongley, E.D., Xiaolan, Z. & Tao Y. (2010). Current status of agricultural and rural non-point source pollution assessment in China. Environ. Pollut., 158(5), 1159–1168. DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2009.10.047.10.1016/j.envpol.2009.10.047]Open DOISearch in Google Scholar
[Pekárová, P. & Pekár J. (1996). The impact of land use on stream water quality in Slovakia. J. Hydrol., 180, 333−350. DOI: 10.1016/0022-1694(95)02882-X.10.1016/0022-1694(95)02882-X]Open DOISearch in Google Scholar
[Peng, S., Yan, Z., Zhanbin, L., Peng, L. & Guoce X. (2017). Influence of land use and land cover patterns on seasonal water quality at multi-spatial scales. Catena, 151, 182−190. DOI: 10.1016/j.catena.2016.12.017.10.1016/j.catena.2016.12.017]Open DOISearch in Google Scholar
[Pratt, B. & Chang H. (2012). Effects of land cover, topography, and built structure on seasonal water quality at multiple spatial scales. J. Hazard. Mater., 209, 48–58. DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2011.12.068.10.1016/j.jhazmat.2011.12.06822277338]Open DOISearch in Google Scholar
[R Core Team (2017). R: A language and environment for statistical computing. Vienna: R Foundation for Statistical Computing. https://www.R-project.org/.]Search in Google Scholar
[Rimer, A.E., Nissen, J.A. & Reynolds D.E. (1978). Characterization and impact of storm water runoff from various land cover types. Journal Water Pollution Control Federation, 50(2), 252–264.https://www.jstor.org/stable/25039539]Search in Google Scholar
[Sahu, M. & Gu R.R. (2009).Modeling the effects of riparian buffer zone and contour strips on stream water quality. Ecological Engineering, 35(8), 1167–1177. DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2009.03.015.10.1016/j.ecoleng.2009.03.015]Search in Google Scholar
[Šulvová, L., Ženišová, Z., Ďuričková, A. & Fľaková R. (2009). The oxygen regime of gravel pits water in the area of Bratislava (in Slovak). Acta Geologica Slovaca, 1(2), 93–102.]Search in Google Scholar
[Tong, S.T. & Chen W. (2002). Modeling the relationship between land use and surface water quality. J. Environ. Manag., 66(4), 377–393. DOI: 10.1006/jema.2002.0593.10.1006/jema.2002.059312503494]Open DOISearch in Google Scholar
[Tu, J. (2011). Spatially varying relationships between land use and water quality across an urbanization gradient explored by geographically weighted regression. Appl. Geogr.,31(1), 376–392. DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeog.2010.08.001.10.1016/j.apgeog.2010.08.001]Open DOISearch in Google Scholar
[Vanková, V. & Petluš P. (2014) Water temperature influence on selected properties of surface river water throughout the year (river Nitra). Ekológia (Bratislava), 33(2), 151−159. DOI: 10.2478/eko-2014-0015.10.2478/eko-2014-0015]Open DOISearch in Google Scholar
[Wan, R., Cai, S., Li, H., Yang, G., Li, Z. & Nie X. (2014). Inferring land use and land cover impact on stream water quality using a Bayesian hierarchical modeling approach in the Xitiaoxi River Watershed, China. J. Environ. Manag., 133, 1–11. DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2013.11.035.10.1016/j.jenvman.2013.11.03524342905]Open DOISearch in Google Scholar
[Wickham, H. (2009). ggplot2: Elegant graphics for data analysis. New York: Springer-Verlag. DOI: 10.1007/978-0-387-98141-3.10.1007/978-0-387-98141-3]Open DOISearch in Google Scholar
[Zhang, Y., Li, F., Zhang, Q., Li, J. & Liu Q. (2014). Tracing nitrate pollution sources and transformation in surface-and ground-waters using environmental isotopes. Sci. Total Environ., 490, 213–222. DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2014.05.004.10.1016/j.scitotenv.2014.05.00424858219]Open DOISearch in Google Scholar