Water quality response to a pulsed-flow event on the Mokelumne River, California

River Research and Applications

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 185-200

  Henson, Solomon S ^a   Ahearn, Dylan S ^a   Dahlgren, Randy A ^a   Van Nieuwenhuyse, Erwin ^b   Tate, Kenneth W ^a   Fleenor, William E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b U S BUREAU OF RECLAMATION   (United States)

^c University of California   (United States)

Author keywords

Controlled reservoir release; Managed flood; River flow regulation; River restoration; River transport; Water quality

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION; RESERVOIR; RIVER FLOW; RIVER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY;

CALIFORNIA; MOKELUMNE RIVER; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 33847749814     PISSN: 15351459     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/rra.973     Document Type: Article

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