Causes and impacts of salinization in the lower pecos river

Great Plains Research

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 27-44

  Hoagstrom, Christopher W ^a  

^a WEBER STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Brine aquifer; Cumulative impacts; Euryhaline fishes; Irrigation; Native fishes; Natural flow regime; Salt balance

Indexed keywords

AQUIFER; ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION; FLOOD; GEOLOGICAL SURVEY; HYDROLOGICAL CHANGE; RIVER MANAGEMENT; SALINIZATION; STREAMFLOW; WATER RESOURCE;

NORTH AMERICA; PECOS RIVER; UNITED STATES;

PECOS; PISCES;

EID: 65349097974     PISSN: 10525165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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