Characterization of hydrologic conditions to support Platte river species recovery efforts

Journal of the American Water Resources Association

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1391-1403

  Anderson, Donald M ^a   Rodney, Mark W ^a  

^a US Fish and Wildlife Service   (United States)

Author keywords

Decision making; Hydrologic variability; Instream flow; River management; Water allocation; Water policy

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; FLOW PATTERNS; RIVERS; STREAM FLOW; WATER CONSERVATION;

HYDROLOGIC VARIABILITY; RIVER MANAGEMENT; WATER ALLOCATION; WATER POLICY;

HYDROLOGY;

DECISION MAKING; FLOW PATTERNS; HYDROLOGY; RIVERS; STREAM FLOW; WATER CONSERVATION;

DATA SET; HABITAT AVAILABILITY; HISTORICAL ECOLOGY; HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; REAL TIME; RECOVERY PLAN; RIVER WATER; WATERSHED;

NEBRASKA; NORTH AMERICA; PLATTE RIVER; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33845337618     PISSN: 1093474X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-1688.2006.tb05308.x     Document Type: Article

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