The management of a large Mediterranean reservoir: Storage regimens of the Yesa Reservoir, Upper Aragon River basin, Central Spanish Pyrenees

Environmental Management

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 508-515

  López Moreno, Juan I ^a   Beguería, Santiago ^a   García Ruiz, José M ^a  

^a INSTITUTO PIRENAICO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Central Spanish Pyrenees; Fluvial regimen; Reservoir; Water resources management

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; CATCHMENTS; HYDROLOGY; IRRIGATION; RAIN; WATER LEVELS;

MEDITERRANEAN COUNTRIES; STORAGE REGIMEN; WATER STORAGE LEVEL;

RESERVOIRS (WATER);

RAIN;

RESERVOIR; RIVER BASIN; STORAGE; WATER MANAGEMENT;

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; AUTUMN; CIRCANNUAL RHYTHM; CLIMATE CHANGE; HYDROLOGY; RESERVOIR; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUMMER; WATER FLOW; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER SUPPLY; WINTER;

AGRICULTURE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; RIVERS; SEASONS; SPAIN; WATER MOVEMENTS; WATER SUPPLY;

AGRICULTURE; BASINS; HYDROLOGY; IRRIGATION; RAIN; RESERVOIRS;

ARAGON; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN; WORLD; YESA RESERVOIR; ZARAGOZA;

EID: 23444459714     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00267-003-0249-1     Document Type: Article

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