Determining discharges from the Table Mountain Group (TMG) aquifer to wetlands in the Southern Cape, South Africa

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 607, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 175-186

  Roets, W ^a   Xu, Y ^b   Raitt, L ^b   El Kahloun, M ^c   Meire, P ^c   Calitz, F ^d   Batelaan, O ^e,f   Anibas, C ^e   Paridaens, K ^e   Vandenbroucke, T ^e   Verhoest, N E C ^g   Brendonck, L ^f  

^a Postnet   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^d AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^e VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^f UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^g GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Coastal wetlands; Ecohydrology; Groundwater dependent wetlands; River basin management; TMG aquifer; Wetland ecology

Indexed keywords

DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); INTERPOLATION; WATER QUALITY; WETLANDS;

COASTAL WETLANDS; ECOHYDROLOGY; GROUNDWATER DEPENDENT WETLANDS; RIVER BASIN MANAGEMENT; TMG AQUIFER; WETLAND ECOLOGY;

AQUIFERS;

AQUIFER; BASIN MANAGEMENT; COASTAL WETLAND; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECOHYDROLOGY; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; RIVER BASIN; RIVER MANAGEMENT; SURFACE WATER; WATER AVAILABILITY; WATER BUDGET; WATER QUALITY; WETLAND MANAGEMENT;

AFRICA; CALIFORNIA; GROENVLEI LAKE; NORTH AMERICA; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; TABLE MOUNTAIN; UNITED STATES; VAN KERVELSVLEI; WESTERN CAPE; ZIMBABWE;

EID: 44249096531     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-008-9389-x     Document Type: Article

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