Present state and future prospects for groundwater ecosystems

Environmental Conservation

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 104-130

  Danielopol, Dan L ^a   Griebler, Christian ^b   Gunatilaka, Amara ^c,d   Notenboom, Jos ^e  

^a ERICH SCHMID INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS SCIENCE   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^c Verbundplan GmbH   (Austria)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Biological diversity; Ecological sustainability; Environmental management; Groundwater depletion; Groundwater ecosystems; Groundwater pollution; Groundwater protection

Indexed keywords

ARID REGIONS; ECOSYSTEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; POTABLE WATER; SALINE WATER; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WATER POLLUTION; WATER RESOURCES;

LANDSCAPE;

GROUNDWATER;

GROUND WATER;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE; GROUNDWATER; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS;

AQUIFER; BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY; HEALTH HAZARD; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; WATER POLLUTION; WATER SAMPLING; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 0043033159     PISSN: 03768929     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0376892903000109     Document Type: Review

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