Dam function rules based on brown trout flow requirements: Design of environmental flow regimes in regulated streams

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 609, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 253-262

  Alonso Gonzalez C ^a,b,c   Gortazar J ^b   Baeza Sanz, D ^b   Garcia De Jalon D ^b  

^a Catholic University of Avila   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c Ciudad Universitaria   (Spain)

Author keywords

Brown trout; Environmental flows; Flow regime; Hydrological requirements; Population dynamics; Regulated rivers

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; FLOOD CONTROL; FLOWMETERS; HYDROELECTRIC POWER PLANTS; LANDFORMS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; STREAM FLOW; WATER SUPPLY;

BROWN TROUTS; ENVIRONMENTAL FLOW; FLOW REGIMES; HYDROLOGICAL REQUIREMENTS; REGULATED RIVER;

RIVERS;

DAM; FLOW REGULATION; HYDROELECTRIC POWER PLANT; MOUNTAIN STREAM; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SALMONID; SPAWNING; STREAMFLOW;

EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN; TORMES RIVER;

SALMO TRUTTA; SALMONIDAE;

EID: 45749100039     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-008-9408-y     Document Type: Conference Paper

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