Huntley, BJ2008-08-112008-08-111985Huntley, BJ (Editor). 1985. Kuiseb environment: the development of a monitoring baseline. A report of the Committee for Terrestrial Ecosystems. National Programme for Environmental Sciences. National Scientific Programmes Unit: CSIR, SANSP Report 106, 1985, pp 1460-7988-3397-1http://hdl.handle.net/10204/2350The development of the world's largest open-cast uranium mine in the Namib Desert introduced rapidly increasing demands for water to the area in the early 1970's. In the absence of scientifically based information on the likely impact of water extraction from the fragile desert ecosystem, various government departments and universities established a cooperative research project to investigate the problem. This report outlines the nature of the regional environment, the types of changes expected to occur in the area as a consequence of water extraction from the Kuiseb River, and provides details of features of the geomorphology, hydrology and ecology that might be used as baselines against which to measure changes within the system.enSANSPGeomorphologyHydrologyTerrestrial ecologyEcosystemsWater extractionKuisebArticleHuntley, B. (1985). Kuiseb environment: the development of a monitoring baseline. A report of the Committee for Terrestrial Ecosystems. National Programme for Environmental Sciences. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/2350Huntley, BJ "Kuiseb environment: the development of a monitoring baseline. A report of the Committee for Terrestrial Ecosystems. National Programme for Environmental Sciences." (1985) http://hdl.handle.net/10204/2350Huntley B. Kuiseb environment: the development of a monitoring baseline. A report of the Committee for Terrestrial Ecosystems. National Programme for Environmental Sciences. 1985; http://hdl.handle.net/10204/2350.TY - Article AU - Huntley, BJ AB - The development of the world's largest open-cast uranium mine in the Namib Desert introduced rapidly increasing demands for water to the area in the early 1970's. In the absence of scientifically based information on the likely impact of water extraction from the fragile desert ecosystem, various government departments and universities established a cooperative research project to investigate the problem. This report outlines the nature of the regional environment, the types of changes expected to occur in the area as a consequence of water extraction from the Kuiseb River, and provides details of features of the geomorphology, hydrology and ecology that might be used as baselines against which to measure changes within the system. DA - 1985 DB - ResearchSpace DP - CSIR KW - SANSP KW - Geomorphology KW - Hydrology KW - Terrestrial ecology KW - Ecosystems KW - Water extraction KW - Kuiseb LK - https://researchspace.csir.co.za PY - 1985 SM - 0-7988-3397-1 T1 - Kuiseb environment: the development of a monitoring baseline. A report of the Committee for Terrestrial Ecosystems. National Programme for Environmental Sciences TI - Kuiseb environment: the development of a monitoring baseline. A report of the Committee for Terrestrial Ecosystems. National Programme for Environmental Sciences UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10204/2350 ER -