Hydrologic monitoring and analysis in the Sundarbans mangrove ecosystem, Bangladesh

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 332, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 381-395

  Wahid, Shahriar Md ^a   Babel, Mukand S ^a   Bhuiyan, Abdur Rahman ^b  

^a ASIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Thailand)

^b Institute of Water Modelling   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Bangladesh; Hydrological monitoring; Mangrove ecosystem; Mathematical modeling; Sundarbans

Indexed keywords

DATA ACQUISITION; ECOSYSTEMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; TIDES; WATER QUALITY; WATERWAY TRANSPORTATION;

ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY STANDARD (EQS); HYDROLOGICAL MONITORING; MANGROVE ECOSYSTEMS;

HYDROLOGY;

DATA ACQUISITION; ECOSYSTEMS; HYDROLOGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; TIDES; WATER QUALITY; WATERWAY TRANSPORTATION;

AMMONIA; CHROMIUM; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; HUMAN ACTIVITY; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; LEAD; MANGROVE; NITRATE; NUMERICAL MODEL; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; PHOSPHATE; POLLUTION; TIDAL RANGE;

ASIA; BANGLADESH; EURASIA; GANGES DELTA; SOUTH ASIA; SUNDARBANS;

EID: 33845871221     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2006.07.016     Document Type: Article

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