Change, stress, sustainability and aquatic ecosystem resilience in North African wetland lakes during the 20th century: An introduction to integrated biodiversity studies within the CASSARINA Project

Aquatic Ecology

Volumn 35, Issue 3-4, 2001, Pages 261-280

  Flower, R J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aquatic diversity; Conservation; Monitoring; North Africa; Palaeolimnology; Recent environmental change; Shallow lakes

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; PALEOECOLOGY; PALEOLIMNOLOGY; WATER QUALITY; WETLAND;

AFRICA;

EID: 0034774362     PISSN: 13862588     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1011978420737     Document Type: Article

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