Determination of environmental water requirements of Lake Urmia, Iran: An ecological approach

International Journal of Environmental Studies

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 161-169

  Abbaspour, M ^a   Nazaridoust, A ^b  

^a SHARIF UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

^b ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Artemia urmiana; Ecological approach; Lake Urmia; Water requirement

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEMS; FLOW MEASUREMENT; LAKES; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; SODIUM CHLORIDE; WATER QUALITY;

ARTEMIA URMIANA; ECOLOGICAL APPROACH; LAKE URMIA; WATER REQUIREMENT;

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING;

ARTEMIA; ARTEMIA URMIANA;

EID: 34248195119     PISSN: 00207233     EISSN: 10290400     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207230701238416     Document Type: Article

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