Mangrove wetland ecosystems in Ganges-Brahmaputra delta in Bangladesh

Frontiers of Earth Science in China

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 439-448

  Islam, Shafi Noor ^a   Gnauck, Albrecht ^a  

^a BRANDENBURG UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Construction of Farakka Barrage; Freshwater discharge; Salinity intrusion

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; DELTAIC DEPOSIT; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; HUMAN ACTIVITY; MANGROVE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SURFACE WATER; WETLAND MANAGEMENT;

FARAKKA BARRAGE; GANGES DELTA; INDIA; WEST BENGAL;

EID: 58049204015     PISSN: 20950195     EISSN: 20950209     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11707-008-0049-2     Document Type: Article

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