The environmental status of a Kashmir Himalayan wetland game reserve: Aquatic plant communities and eco-restoration measures

Lakes and Reservoirs: Science, Policy and Management for Sustainable Use

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 125-132

  Khan, M A ^a   Shah, M A ^a   Mir, S S ^a   Bashir, Suzana ^a  

^a Division of Environmental Sciences   (India)

Author keywords

Eco restoration; Ionic spectrum; Kashmir Himalaya; Macrophytes; Nutrient status; Wetland environment

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC PLANT; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY; MACROPHYTE; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; WETLAND;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; JAMMU AND KASHMIR; KASHMIR VALLEY; SOUTH ASIA;

ACORUS; ACORUS CALAMUS; CELLULAR ORGANISMS; EURYALE FEROX; NELUMBO; NELUMBO NUCIFERA;

EID: 4344575373     PISSN: 13205331     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1770.2004.00242.x     Document Type: Article

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