An overview of integrated hydro-ecological studies in the MELMARINA Project: Monitoring and modelling coastal lagoons-making management tools for aquatic resources in North Africa

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 622, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 3-14

  Flower, R J ^a   Thompson, J R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Coastal lagoons; Environmental change; Hydro ecological monitoring; Mediterranean; Modelling; North Africa

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATOLOGY; COASTAL ZONES; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; EUTROPHICATION; HYDRAULIC MODELS; LAKES; RESTORATION; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WATER CONSERVATION; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY; WATER RESOURCES; WETLANDS;

COASTAL LAGOONS; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; HYDRO-ECOLOGICAL MONITORING; MEDITERRANEAN; MODELLING; NORTH AFRICA;

MONITORING;

BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; COASTAL LAGOON; COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT; DISTURBANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL MODELING; ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION; EUROPEAN UNION; EUTROPHICATION; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; SUSTAINABILITY; TWENTIETH CENTURY; TWENTY FIRST CENTURY; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER RESOURCE;

AFRICA; NORTH AFRICA;

EID: 59449101718     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-008-9674-8     Document Type: Review

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