Hydrodynamic Characteristics of Chinese Sturgeon Spawning Ground in Yangtze River* * Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 30490235), the NHRI Foundation for Youth (Grant No. Y10704).

Journal of Hydrodynamics

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 225-230

  YANG, Yu ^a   YAN, Zhong min ^b   CHANG, Jian bo ^c  

^a NANJING HYDRAULIC RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (China)

^b HOHAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Institute of Hydro ecology   (China)

Author keywords

Chinese Sturgeon; hydrodynamic characteristics; kinetic energy gradient; Spawn Density per Unit Area (SDUA); spawning ground; vorticity

Indexed keywords

GRADIENT METHODS; KINETIC ENERGY; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; RIVERS; VORTICITY;

CHINESE STURGEON; HYDRODYNAMIC CHARACTERISTICS; KINETIC ENERGY GRADIENT; SPAWN DENSITY PER UNIT AREA (SDUA); SPAWNING GROUND;

HYDRODYNAMICS;

EID: 43049098298     PISSN: 10016058     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1001-6058(08)60050-5     Document Type: Article

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