Soil and water quality assessment along the Red Sea coast, Egypt

International Journal of Environmental Studies

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 65-77

  Hereher, Mohamed E ^a   El Ezaby, Khaled H ^a  

^a MANSOURA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Red Sea coast; Soil; Water re use

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT; RED SEA COAST; SOIL AND WATER; WATER RE-USE;

OCEAN HABITATS; SOILS; WATER QUALITY;

WATER CONSERVATION;

EID: 84857949497     PISSN: 00207233     EISSN: 10290400     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207233.2011.641241     Document Type: Article

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