Ecological perspectives on regulation and water allocation for the Ord River, Western Australia

River Research and Applications

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 307-320

  Doupe R G ^a   Pettit, N E ^b  

^a MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Environmental water provisions; Flow regimes; Flow variability; Irrigation; River regulation

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM; FLOW REGULATION; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT; WATER MANAGEMENT;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0036282901     PISSN: 15351459     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/rra.676     Document Type: Article

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