Hydrologic alteration of the lower Rio Grande terminus: A quantitive assessment

River Research and Applications

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 241-252

  Small, Michael F ^a   Bonner, Timothy H ^a   Baccus, John T ^a  

^a Texas State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Alteration; Food pulse cycle; Rio Grande; Riparian; Texas

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; DROUGHT; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE; LAND USE; RIPARIAN VEGETATION; RIVER SYSTEM;

NORTH AMERICA; RIO GRANDE [NORTH AMERICA];

FALCONIDAE;

EID: 67649447008     PISSN: 15351459     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/rra.1151     Document Type: Article

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