Assessing the ecological hydrology of natural flow conditions in Taiwan

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 354, Issue 1-4, 2008, Pages 75-89

  Chang, Fi John ^a   Tsai, Meng Jung ^a   Tsai, Wen Ping ^a   Herricks, Edwin E ^b  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecohydrologic indicators; Ecohydrology; Hydrological statistics; Information redundancy; Natural flow regime; River restoration

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATION THEORY; ECOSYSTEMS; STATISTICS; STREAM FLOW;

ECOHYDROLOGIC INDICATORS; ECOHYDROLOGY; HYDROLOGICAL STATISTICS; INFORMATION REDUNDANCY; NATURAL FLOW REGIME; RIVER RESTORATION;

HYDROLOGY;

COMPUTATION THEORY; ECOSYSTEMS; HYDROLOGY; STATISTICS; STREAM FLOW;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; ECOHYDROLOGY; ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; HYDROLOGY; RIVER FLOW; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WATERSHED;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; TAIWAN;

EID: 43449099727     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2008.02.022     Document Type: Article

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