Environmental flow methodologies to protect fisheries resources in human-modified large lowland rivers

River Research and Applications

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 519-527

  Huckstorf, Volker ^a   Lewin, Wolf Christian ^a   Wolter, Christian ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF FRESHWATER ECOLOGY AND INLAND FISHERIES   (Germany)

Author keywords

Channelization; Environmental flow; Instream flow methodologies; Lowland rivers; River fisheries

Indexed keywords

CHANNEL FLOW; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; FLOW CONTROL; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RIVER FLOW; RIVER MANAGEMENT; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

EID: 47249101654     PISSN: 15351459     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/rra.1131     Document Type: Conference Paper

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