Salinity, temperature and turbidity structure in the Suva lagoon, Fiji

American Journal of Environmental Sciences

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 266-275

  Singh, Awnesh ^a   Aung, Than ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE SOUTH PACIFIC   (Fiji)

Author keywords

Fiji; River runoff; Suva lagoon; Water properties; Wind regime

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; EFFLUENT; HUMAN ACTIVITY; HYDROGRAPHY; LAGOON; POLLUTANT SOURCE; RIVER DISCHARGE; RUNOFF; SALINITY; SEWAGE TREATMENT; TEMPERATURE; TURBIDITY; WATER QUALITY; WIND;

FIJI; LAUCALA BAY; MELANESIA; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; SUVA; VITI LEVU;

EID: 45549092385     PISSN: 1553345X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3844/ajessp.2008.266.275     Document Type: Article

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