A quantitative framework for estimating water resources in India

Current Science

Volumn 86, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 543-552

  Shankar, D ^a   Kotamraju, Vidya ^a   Shetye, S R ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COELENTERATA; HYDRA; LACUNA;

EID: 4444312160     PISSN: 00113891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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