| Abstract: | Mauritania anticipates an increase in mining activities throughout the country and into the foreseeable future. Because mining-induced changes in the landscape are likely to affect their limited ground-water resources and sensitive aquatic ecosystems, a water-quality assessment program was designed for Mauritania that is based on a nationally consistent environmental stratification framework. The primary objectives of this program are to ensure that the environmental monitoring systems can quantify near real-time changes in surface-water chemistry at a local scale, and quantify intermediate- to long-term changes in groundwater and aquatic ecosystems over multiple scales. |
| Genre: | USGS Numbered Series |
| ProdID: | 81321 |
| Citation Author: | Friedel, Michael J. |
| Citation Contributing Office: | Geological Survey (U.S.) |
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| Citation Phsyical Description: | iv, 17 p. |
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| Citation Public Comments: | Prepared in cooperation with the World Bank, the Mauritania Ministry of Mines and Industry, and Futures Group |
| Citation Publisher: | Geological Survey (U.S.) |
| Citation Series: | Open-File Report |
| Citation Series Code: | OFR |
| Citation Series Number: | 2008-1137 |
| Citation Search Results Text: | Environmental Stratification Framework and Water-Quality Monitoring Design Strategy for the Islamic Republic of Mauritania, Africa; 2008; OFR; 2008-1137; Friedel, Michael J. |
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| Citation Year: | 2008 |
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| Text: | Environmental Stratification Framework and Water-Quality Monitoring Design Strategy for the Islamic Republic of Mauritania, Africa; 2008; OFR; 2008-1137; Friedel, Michael J. |
| URL (THUMBNAIL): | http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/thumbnails/usgs_thumb.jpg |
| URL (INDEX PAGE): | http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2008/1137/ |
| Date Other: | Fri, 30 May 2008 00:00 -0500 |
| Publisher: | Geological Survey (U.S.) |
