Environmental characteristics, landscape history and pressures on three coastal lagoons in the southern mediterranean region: Merja zerga Morocco, ghar el melh Tunisia and lake manzala Egypt

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 622, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 15-43

  Ayache, F ^a   Thompson, J R ^b   Flower, R J ^b   Boujarra, A ^a   Rouatbi, F ^a   Makina, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUSSE   (Tunisia)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Climate change; Environmental change; Irrigation; Landscape history; MELMARINA; North Africa; Sea level rise

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL RUNOFF; BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATOLOGY; ECOLOGY; FORESTRY; IRRIGATION; LAKES; OCEANOGRAPHY; SEA LEVEL; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER RECLAMATION; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER LEVELS; WATER SUPPLY; WATER TREATMENT;

ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; LANDSCAPE HISTORY; MELMARINA; NORTH AFRICA; SEA LEVEL RISE;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; COASTAL LAGOON; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; HUMAN ACTIVITY; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; INFLOW; IRRIGATION SYSTEM; LANDSCAPE HISTORY; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; PHYSICAL PROPERTY; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEASONALITY; TWENTIETH CENTURY; WASTEWATER; WATER LEVEL; WATER QUALITY;

AFRICA; NORTH AFRICA;

AVES; MERGA;

EID: 59449103600     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-008-9676-6     Document Type: Review

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