Anthropogenic impacts on the water and salt budgets of St Lucia estuarine lake in South Africa

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 93, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 58-67

  Lawrie, Robynne A ^a   Stretch, Derek D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Climate change; Ecohydrology; Estuary dynamics; Inlet hydodynamics; Management; Salt budget; Water budget

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CLIMATE CHANGE; COASTAL WETLAND; COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT; DESICCATION; ECOHYDROLOGY; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; HYDRODYNAMICS; LAND USE CHANGE; SALINE INTRUSION; UNESCO; WATER BUDGET; WATER LEVEL;

KWAZULU-NATAL; LAKE SAINT LUCIA; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 79955944070     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2011.04.005     Document Type: Article

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