Environmental threats to salt lakes and the likely status of inland saline ecosystems in 2025

Environmental Conservation

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 154-167

  Williams, W D ^a,b  

^a International Lake Environment Committee   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Climate change; Conservation; Environmental threats; Saline lakes; Salinity; Salinization

Indexed keywords

ARID REGIONS; CLIMATE CHANGE; DRAINAGE; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; ECOSYSTEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; WATER POLLUTION;

SALT LAKES;

LAKES;

LAKE WATER;

AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE; HABITAT CONSERVATION; LAKE; SALINITY;

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; EXOTIC SPECIES; HYDROLOGY; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; LEGAL ASPECT; LIMNOLOGY; MINING; SALINITY; SALT LAKE; WATER POLLUTION;

CELLULAR ORGANISMS;

EID: 0036617334     PISSN: 03768929     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0376892902000103     Document Type: Article

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