Effects of water management on the wetlands of the Colorado River delta, Mexico;Impactos del manejo de agua sobre los humedales del Rio Colorado, Mexico

Conservation Biology

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 1175-1186

  Glenn, Edward P ^a,b   Lee, Christopher ^a   Feiger, Richard ^a   Zengel, Scott ^a  

^a 2601 West Airport Drive   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

YUMA;

MARSH; WATER MANAGEMENT; WETLAND;

MEXICO, COLORADO RIVER DELTA; USA, ARIZONA, YUMA;

EID: 0030460144     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-1739.1996.10041175.x     Document Type: Article

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