Application of the indicators of hydrologic alteration software in environmental flow setting

Journal of the American Water Resources Association

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1400-1413

  Mathews, Ruth ^a   Richter, Brian D ^b  

^a River Matters   (United States)

^b THE NATURE CONSERVANCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive management; Ecological models; Environmental flows; Hydrologic alteration; Hydrologic statistics; Indicators of hydrologic alteration; Instream flow; Rivers streams; Surface water hydrology; Sustainability; Water resources management

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; FLOW OF WATER; HYDROLOGY; SURFACE WATERS;

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; ECOLOGICAL MODELS; ENVIRONMENTAL FLOWS; HYDROLOGIC STATISTICS; INSTREAM FLOW;

WATER MANAGEMENT;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; FLOW OF WATER; HYDROLOGY; SURFACE WATERS; WATER MANAGEMENT;

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ECOSYSTEM HEALTH; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; FLOOD; FLOW MODELING; FLOW PATTERN; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; HOLISTIC APPROACH; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; INSTREAM FLOW; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; RIVER FLOW; RIVER MANAGEMENT; SOFTWARE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURFACE WATER; SUSTAINABILITY; WATER RESOURCE;

GREEN RIVER; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON [UNITED STATES];

EID: 36649021581     PISSN: 1093474X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-1688.2007.00099.x     Document Type: Article

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