Impact of dam construction on water quality and water self-purification capacity of the Lancang River, China

Water Resources Management

Volumn 23, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1763-1780

  Wei, GuoLiang ^a,b   Yang, ZhiFeng ^a   Cui, BaoShan ^a   Li, Bing ^b   Chen, He ^b   Bai, JunHong ^a   Dong, ShiKui ^a  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b State Environmental Protection Administration   (China)

Author keywords

Below dam segment; Dam; Downstream flowing segment; Impact; Reservoir; Water quality; Water self purification capacity

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM; BELOW-DAM SEGMENT; COOPERATIVE OPERATION; DAM CONSTRUCTION; DOWNSTREAM FLOWING SEGMENT; IMPACT; LANCANG RIVER; LONG-TERM SERIES; MANWAN RESERVOIR; RESERVOIR; RIVER CONTINUUM; RIVER FLOW; SELF-PURIFICATION; SPATIAL CHARACTERISTICS;

BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; EMBANKMENT DAMS; MANGANESE; MANGANESE COMPOUNDS; PURIFICATION; RIVERS; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

RESERVOIRS (WATER);

DAM CONSTRUCTION; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; RESERVOIR; RIVER FLOW; RIVER POLLUTION; RIVER SYSTEM; WATER QUALITY;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; MANWAN DAM; MEKONG RIVER; YUNNAN;

EID: 67649713951     PISSN: 09204741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11269-008-9351-8     Document Type: Article

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