Investigation on nutrient behavior along Shatt Al-Arab River, Basrah, Iraq

Journal of Applied Sciences Research

Volumn 7, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1340-1345

  Hameed, Hameed A ^a   Aljorany, Yosif S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASRAH   (Iraq)

Author keywords

Basrah; Eutrophication; Nutrient concentration; Upstream and downstream stations

Indexed keywords

EID: 80455150462     PISSN: 1816157X     EISSN: 1819544X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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