Potential effects of a major navigation project (Paraguay-Parana Hidrovia) on inundation in the Pantanal floodplains

Regulated Rivers: Research and Management

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 289-299

  Hamilton, Stephen K ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Floodplains; Inundation; Navigation

Indexed keywords

FLOODPLAIN; NAVIGATION; RIVER ENGINEERING; SEASONALITY;

BRAZIL;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0032707387     PISSN: 08869375     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1646(199907/08)15:4<289::AID-RRR520>3.0.CO;2-I     Document Type: Article

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