Identifying and alleviating low flows in regulated rivers: The case of the Rivers Bulbourne and Gade, Hertfordshire, UK

Regulated Rivers: Research and Management

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 245-266

  Agnew, C T ^a   Clifford, N J ^b   Haylett, S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Catchment management; Chalk rivers; Drought; Low flows; Over abstraction

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENT; CHALK; DROUGHT; FLOW REGULATION; LOW FLOW; RIVER MANAGEMENT;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 6344235588     PISSN: 08869375     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1646(200005/06)16:3<245::AID-RRR583>3.0.CO;2-F     Document Type: Article

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