Temporal variability of the water quality of saline lakes from the Soan-Sakesar Valley, Salt Range, Pakistan

Water Quality Research Journal of Canada

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 331-346

  Afzal, Shahzad ^a   Younas, Mohammad ^b   Ali, Karamat ^a  

^a Directorate of Land Reclamation   (Pakistan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE PUNJAB   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

eutrophication; nutrient loads; saline lakes; Secchi transparency

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLIZATION; EVAPORATION; LAKES; SALINE WATER; WATER ANALYSIS;

ACIDIFICATION; EUTROPHICATION;

WATER QUALITY;

PAKISTAN; SALT RANGE; SOAN-SAKESAR VALLEY;

EID: 0031776025     PISSN: 12013080     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wqrj.1998.018     Document Type: Article

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