Environmental flows for the Yangtze Estuary based on salinity objectives

Communications in Nonlinear Science and Numerical Simulation

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 959-971

  Sun, T ^a   Yang, Z F ^a   Shen, Z Y ^a   Zhao, R ^a  

^a Beijing Normal University   (China)

Author keywords

Environmental flow; Habitat; Salinity objective; Yangtze Estuary

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEMS; WATER;

CRITICAL PERIODS; ENVIRONMENTAL FLOW; FIELD DATA; FLOW BASED; FRESHWATER INFLOW; HABITAT; RIVER DISCHARGE; SALINITY OBJECTIVE; TEMPORAL VARIATION; YANGTZE ESTUARY;

ESTUARIES;

EID: 50249143537     PISSN: 10075704     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cnsns.2007.10.006     Document Type: Article

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