The science and practice of environmental flows and the role of hydrogeologists

Ground Water

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 393-401

  Sophocleous, Marios ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECOSYSTEMS; LAND USE; PRODUCTIVITY; RIVERS; ROBUST CONTROL;

FRESH WATER; HYDROGEOLOGISTS; PRIVATE WATER TRUSTS;

HYDROGEOLOGY;

FRESH WATER;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER-SURFACE WATER INTERACTION; HYDROGEOLOGY; STREAMFLOW;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; THEORETICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES; WATER FLOW; WATER SUPPLY;

ANIMALS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DECISION MAKING; ECOSYSTEM; FRESH WATER; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; UNITED STATES; WATER MOVEMENTS; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 34347214818     PISSN: 0017467X     EISSN: 17456584     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-6584.2007.00322.x     Document Type: Article

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