Water, biodiversity and ecosystems: Reducing our impact

Water Resources Planning and Management

Volumn 9780521762588, Issue , 2011, Pages 117-130

  Sullivan, Caroline A ^a   O’Keeffe, Jay ^b  

^a SOUTHERN CROSS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNESCO IHE INSTITUTE FOR WATER EDUCATION   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM ALLOYS; BIODIVERSITY; ECOLOGY; EMBEDDED SYSTEMS; GROUNDWATER; WATER CONSERVATION; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY; WATER RESOURCES;

BIODIVERSITY VALUES; ECOSYSTEM SERVICES; HUMAN DEVELOPMENT; MARGINAL HABITATS; NATURAL ECOSYSTEM; PRESSURE OF WATER; SUSTAINABLE WATER; WATER TEMPERATURES;

ECOSYSTEMS;

EID: 84876401087     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511974304.009     Document Type: Chapter

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