Modifying dam operations to restore rivers: Ecological responses to Tennessee river dam mitigation

Ecological Applications

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 997-1008

  Bednarek, Angela T ^a,c   Hart, David D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b ACADEMY OF NATURAL SCIENCES OF DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c U S DEPARTMENT OF STATE   (United States)

Author keywords

Benthic macroinvertebrates; Dam mitigation; Dam modifications; Dissolved oxygen; EPT; Minimum river flow; River rehabilitation; Tennessee Valley Authority (USA)

Indexed keywords

DAM; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; FLOW REGULATION; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; RIVER MANAGEMENT; SPECIES RICHNESS; WATER QUALITY;

NORTH AMERICA; TENNESSEE RIVER; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EPHEMEROPTERA; PLECOPTERA; TRICHOPTERA;

EID: 20444422229     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/04-0586     Document Type: Article

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