Design of a water quality monitoring network for the Limpopo River Basin in Mozambique

Physics and Chemistry of the Earth

Volumn 33, Issue 8-13, 2008, Pages 655-665

  Chilundo, M ^a   Kelderman, P ^b   Okeeffe J H ^b  

^a EDUARDO MONDLANE UNIVERSITY   (Mozambique)

^b UNESCO IHE INSTITUTE FOR WATER EDUCATION   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Environmental flows; Limpopo; Water quality monitoring

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS; BENTHIC MACROINVERTEBRATES; BIOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; BIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; BOTSWANA; LOW DISSOLVED OXYGEN (DO); MONITORING NETWORKS; MONITORING PROGRAMMES; MOZAMBIQUE; PHYSICO CHEMICALS; POINT DISCHARGES; PUBLIC HEALTH; RECEIVING WATERS; RESTORATION AND PROTECTION; RIVER BASINS; SODIUM ADSORPTION RATIO (SAR); SOUTH AFRICA (SA); STANDARD METHODS; SUB CATCHMENTS; TOTAL DISSOLVED SOLIDS (TDS); WATER DEMANDS; WATER QUALITY MONITORING; WORKING PARTY (WP); ZIMBABWE;

HEAVY METAL; MONITORING SYSTEM; RIVER BASIN; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

AFRICA; LIMPOPO RIVER; MOZAMBIQUE; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

ELEPHANTIDAE;

EID: 48749113911     PISSN: 14747065     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pce.2008.06.055     Document Type: Article

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