The impacts of land-use/cover change on Loktak Lake water quality in north-eastern region, India

Asian Journal of Water, Environment and Pollution

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 13-23

  Rai, S C ^a   Raleng, Adon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELHI   (India)

Author keywords

Land use cover change; Manipur; physicochemical properties; Ramsar site; shifting cultivation; wetland

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861372770     PISSN: 09729860     EISSN: 18758568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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