Will water abstraction from the Table Mountain Aquifer threaten endemic species? A case study at Cape Point, Cape Town

South African Journal of Science

Volumn 100, Issue 5-6, 2004, Pages 253-255

  February, E C ^a   Bond, W ^a   Taylor, R ^a   Newton, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUIFER; ENDEMIC SPECIES; ROOTING; WATER SUPPLY;

AFRICA; CAPE POINT; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WESTERN CAPE;

ERICA; ERICA LABIALIS; ERICA MULTUMBELLIFERA; MIMETES; MIMETES HIRTUS;

EID: 4344706577     PISSN: 00382353     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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