Review on the major ecosystem impacts caused by damming and watershed development in an Iberian basin (SW-Europe): Focus on the Guadiana estuary

Annales de Limnologie

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 105-117

  Morais, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALGARVE   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Alqueva dam; Dam impacts; Ecohydrology; Guadiana basin; Guadiana estuary

Indexed keywords

BASIN MANAGEMENT; DAM CONSTRUCTION; ECOHYDROLOGY; FOREST MANAGEMENT; IRRIGATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOIL EROSION; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHED;

ALQUEVA DAM; EURASIA; EUROPE; GUADIANA BASIN; GUADIANA ESTUARY; IBERIAN PENINSULA; PORTUGAL; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 46849095625     PISSN: 00034088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/limn:2008012     Document Type: Review

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