Environmental impacts of desalination on the ecology of Lake Urmia

Journal of Great Lakes Research

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 419-424

  Karbassi, Abdolreza ^a   Bidhendi, Gholamreza Nabi ^a   Pejman, Amirhossein ^a   Bidhendi, Mehdi Esmaeili ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

Artemia; Desalination; Environment; Lake; Salinity; Urmia

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENTS; ARTEMIA; AVERAGE CONCENTRATION; BRACKISH WATER; ENVIRONMENT; FRESH WATER; HYPERSALINE LAKES; PETROCHEMICAL INDUSTRY; SALINITY; SALINITY TOLERANCE; SALT CONTENT; SATURATION INDEX; SODIUM ADSORPTION RATIO; URMIA; WATER CHEMISTRY;

ADSORPTION; CALCIUM; DESALINATION; DISTILLATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; POSITIVE IONS; REVERSE OSMOSIS; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; SALTS; WATER; WATER FILTRATION;

LAKES;

ADSORPTION; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CRUSTACEAN; DESALINATION; DISTILLATION; ENDEMIC SPECIES; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; HABITAT TYPE; HYPERSALINE ENVIRONMENT; ION EXCHANGE; OSMOSIS; PETROCHEMICAL INDUSTRY; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); SALINITY; SATURATION; SODIUM; SPECIES DIVERSITY; STATE ROLE; TOLERANCE; WATER CHEMISTRY; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

IRAN; LAKE URMIA;

ARTEMIA; ARTEMIA URMIANA;

EID: 77956174402     PISSN: 03801330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jglr.2010.06.004     Document Type: Article

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