Factors influencing development of management strategies for the Abou Ali River in Lebanon II: Seasonal and annual variation

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 362, Issue 1-3, 2006, Pages 31-41

  Massoud, May A ^a,b   El Fadel, Mutasem ^b   Scrimshaw, Mark D ^a   Lester, John N ^a  

^a Faculty of Natural Sciences   (United Kingdom)

^b AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

Abou Ali River; Lebanon; Management; Temporal variation

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CATCHMENTS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY;

ABOU ALI RIVER; LEBANON; TEMPORAL VARIATION; WET SEASON;

RIVERS;

AMMONIA; DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; NITROGEN; PHOSPHATE;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; LAND MANAGEMENT; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUSTAINABILITY; WATER QUALITY;

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; FOREST; LAND USE; LEBANON; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIVER; SEASONAL VARIATION; URBAN AREA; WATER QUALITY;

AMMONIA; CHLORIDES; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; LEBANON; NITRATES; PHOSPHATES; RIVERS; SEASONS; WATER POLLUTANTS; WATER POLLUTION;

ABOU ALI RIVER; ASIA; EURASIA; LEBANON; LIBAN-NORD; MIDDLE EAST;

EID: 33646588022     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2005.09.056     Document Type: Article

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