Hydrologic alterations in the Wabash River watershed, USA

River Research and Applications

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1175-1184

  Pyron, Mark ^a   Neumann, Klaus ^a  

^a BALL STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agriculture effect; Hydrologic alteration; Reservoir effect; Wabash River

Indexed keywords

DISCHARGE; HYDROLOGICAL CHANGE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RESERVOIR; STREAMFLOW; WATERSHED;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WABASH RIVER;

EID: 58149387670     PISSN: 15351459     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/rra.1155     Document Type: Article

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