Detecting biological responses to flow management: Missed opportunities; future directions

River Research and Applications

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 506-518

  Souchon, Yves ^a   Sabaton, Catherine ^b   Deibel, Robert ^c   Reiser, Dudley ^d   Kershner, Jeffrey ^e   Gard, Mark ^f   Katopodis, Christos ^g   Leonard, Paul ^h   Poff, N Leroy ⁱ   Miller, William J ^j   Lamb, Berton Lee ^e  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

^b EDF R AND D   (France)

^c USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^d R2 Resource Consultants ^*  (United States)

^e U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^f U S FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE   (United States)

^g FRESHWATER INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^h ENTRIX Environmental Consultants   (United States)

ⁱ Veterinary Dentistry and Oral Surgery   (United States)

^j Miller Ecological Consultants Inc   (United States)

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Author keywords

Biological responses; Envrionmental flows; Habitat modelling; Hydropower; Long term datasets; Monitoring; Phabsim IFIM; Relicensing; Science based management

Indexed keywords

DETECTION METHOD; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FUTURE PROSPECT; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION; STREAMFLOW; WATER MANAGEMENT;

EID: 47249091837     PISSN: 15351459     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/rra.1134     Document Type: Conference Paper

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