The development of water quality methods within ecological Reserve assessments, and links to environmental flows

Water SA

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 161-170

  Palmer, C G ^a   Rossouw, N ^b   Muller, W J ^a   Scherman, P A ^a,c  

^a RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b Ninham Shand   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ecological Reserve; Environmental flow requirements; Environmental water quality; Water resource management

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; NITRATES; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TOXICITY; WATER RESOURCES;

ECOLOGICAL RESERVE ASSESSMENTS; ENVIRONMENTAL FLOWS; TOXIC METAL IONS; TOXIC SUBSTANCES;

WATER QUALITY;

WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY;

AFRICA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WORLD;

EID: 22844432360     PISSN: 03784738     EISSN: 03784738     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4314/wsa.v31i2.5198     Document Type: Article

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