Assessment of wetland ecosystem health in Lower Songkhram, Thailand

International Journal of Sustainable Development and World Ecology

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 238-246

  Muangthong, Somphinith ^a   Clemente, Roberto S ^a   Babel, Mukand Singh ^a   Gallardo, Wenresti ^a   Weesakul, Sutat ^a  

^a ASIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Lower Songkhram wetland; principal components analysis (PCA); Thailand; wetland ecosystem health

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; DECISION MAKING; ECOSYSTEM HEALTH; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FIELD SURVEY; HOLISTIC APPROACH; INDIGENOUS POPULATION; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RAINFALL; SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; WETLAND;

NORTHEASTERN REGION; SONGKHRAM BASIN; THAILAND;

EID: 84861428325     PISSN: 13504509     EISSN: 17452627     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13504509.2011.620643     Document Type: Article

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