Physicochemical features of Wadi Al-Arab Dam (reservoir), Jordan

Oceanological and Hydrobiological Studies

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 189-203

  Saadoun, Ismail ^a   Batayneh, Erwah ^a   Alhandal, Adil ^b   Hindieh, Muna ^b  

^a JORDAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Jordan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

nutrients; physicochemical features; reservoir; seasonality

Indexed keywords

ALKALINITY; DAM; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; EPILIMNION; HYPOLIMNION; NUTRIENT; PH; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; RESERVOIR; SALINITY; SEASONALITY; SILICA; SURFACE WATER; WATER TEMPERATURE;

JORDAN;

EID: 78651073871     PISSN: 1730413X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/v10009-010-0057-x     Document Type: Article

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