Protecting rivers in arid regions or pumping them dry?

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 427, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 1-11

  Kingsford, Richard T ^a,b  

^a NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service   (Australia)

^b New South Wales National Parks and Wildlife Service   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARID ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; RIVER;

EID: 0034209863     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1004033915662     Document Type: Article

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