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Title: Restoring and protecting the world`s lakes and reservoirs. World Bank technical paper

Technical Report ·
OSTI ID:118182

The paper calls attention to the particular problems that lakes and reservoirs have suffered as a result of increased siltation, nutrient loading, toxics, habitat degradation, over-exploitation, and changes to marginal ecosystems. It identifies vital components of the water-based ecosystem requiring special consideration to maintain biodiversity, including wetlands and marginal floodplains inextricably linked to lakes and reservoirs.

Research Organization:
International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, Washington, DC (United States)
OSTI ID:
118182
Report Number(s):
PB-95-269353/XAB; WORLD BANK TP-289; TRN: 52753365
Resource Relation:
Other Information: DN: Library of Congress catalog card No. 95-22293; PBD: 1995
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English