Environmental flow requirements in arid zone rivers - A case study from the Lake Eyre Basin, central Australia

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 48, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 65-72

  Costelloe, J F ^a   Puckridge, J T ^b   Reid, J R W ^c   Pritchard, J ^d   Hudson, P ^b   Bailey, V ^e   Good, M ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

^d AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT   (Australia)

^f Land/Biodiver Conserv ^*  (Australia)

Author keywords

Biology; Environmental flows; Hydrology; Lake Eyre Basin; Rivers; Statistical modelling

Indexed keywords

ARID REGIONS; CATCHMENTS; DATA REDUCTION; ECOLOGY; HYDROLOGY; RIVERS;

BIOLOGICAL RESPONSES; ENVIRONMENTAL FLOW;

WATER;

ARID REGION; FLOW MODELING; HYDROBIOLOGY; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; RIVER DISCHARGE;

AUSTRALIA; CATCHMENT; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESERT; ECOLOGY; HYDROLOGY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; PREDICTION; RIVER BASIN; RIVER ECOSYSTEM; STATISTICAL MODEL; VALIDATION PROCESS; WATER FLOW;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; LAKE EYRE; SOUTH AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0345307755     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2003.0425     Document Type: Conference Paper

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