Hydrological changes in the northern Pantanal caused by the Manso dam: Impact analysis and suggestions for mitigation

Ecological Engineering

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 105-117

  Zeilhofer, Peter ^a   de Moura, Rubem Mauro ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MATO GROSSO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Floodplain inundation; Pantanal; River regulation

Indexed keywords

BANKS (BODIES OF WATER); RIVERS; RUNOFF; WATER LEVELS;

CURRENT POWERS; DRYING UP; ECOLOGICAL FUNCTIONS; FIELD SURVEYS; FLOODPLAIN INUNDATION; HYDRO POWER PLANTS; HYDROGRAPH ANALYSES; HYDROLOGICAL CHANGES; IMPACT ANALYSES; MASS BALANCES; MATO GROSSO; PANTANAL; RAINY SEASONS; RESERVOIR OPERATIONS; RIVER REGULATION; SEASON DISCHARGES; TIME SERIES; WET SEASONS;

TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; FLOODPLAIN; HYDROELECTRIC POWER PLANT; HYDROGRAPH; HYDROLOGICAL CHANGE; MASS BALANCE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RESERVOIR FLOODING; RIVER DISCHARGE; RIVER FLOW; RIVER MANAGEMENT; RUNOFF; TIME SERIES;

PANTANAL; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 57849163691     PISSN: 09258574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2008.09.011     Document Type: Article

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