Application of a hierarchical framework for assessing environmental impacts of dam operation: Changes in streamflow, bed mobility and recruitment of riparian trees in a western North American river

Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 90, Issue SUPPL. 3, 2009, Pages

  Burke, Michael ^a   Jorde, Klaus ^a   Buffington, John M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

^b USDA Forest Service Boise Aquatic Sciences Lab   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecosystem impacts; Hierarchy of impacts; Hydrologic alteration; Instream flow; Operational losses; Reservoir operations; Riparian recruitment

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEMS; RESERVOIRS (WATER); RIVERS; SHEAR FLOW; SHEAR STRESS;

CASE-STUDIES; ECOSYSTEM IMPACT; HIERARCHY OF IMPACT; HYDROLOGIC ALTERATIONS; INSTREAM FLOWS; OPERATIONAL LOSS; PROCESS-BASED; RESERVOIR OPERATION; RIPARIAN RECRUITMENT; RIPARIAN TREES;

DAMS;

CHANNEL HYDRAULICS; DAM CONSTRUCTION; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; INSTREAM FLOW; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); RESERVOIR; RIPARIAN VEGETATION; RIVER MANAGEMENT;

ARTICLE; CASE STUDY; ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; NORTH AMERICA; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RIPARIAN ECOSYSTEM; RIVER; WATER SUPPLY;

KOOTENAI RIVER; LIBBY DAM; MONTANA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

POPULUS;

EID: 67649425662     PISSN: 03014797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2008.07.022     Document Type: Article

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