First results on bathymetry and limnology of high-altitude lakes in the Gokyo Valley, Sagarmatha (Everest) National Park, Nepal

Limnology - Tập 13 Số 1 - Trang 181-192 - 2012
Chhatra Mani Sharma1, Subodh Sharma2, Roshan M. Bajracharya2, Smriti Gurung2, Ingrid Jüttner3, Shichang Kang1, Qianggong Zhang1, Qing Li1
1Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100085, China
2Aquatic Ecology Centre, Kathmandu University, Dhulikhel, Kavre, Nepal
3Department of Biodiversity and Systematic Biology, Cathays Park, Cardiff, UK

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