Ecological network analysis for water use systems-A case study of the Yellow River Basin

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 220, Issue 22, 2009, Pages 3163-3173

  Li, Y ^a   Chen, B ^a   Yang, Z F ^a  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Ecological network analysis; Environmental flow; Information indices; The Yellow River Basin; Water use systems

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGICAL NETWORK ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL FLOW; INFORMATION INDICES; THE YELLOW RIVER BASIN; WATER USE SYSTEMS;

BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; ECOLOGY; ECONOMICS; ELECTRIC NETWORK ANALYSIS; OPTIMIZATION; RESEARCH; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; RIVERS; STRATEGIC PLANNING; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER SUPPLY; WATERSHEDS;

WATER CONSERVATION;

COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECOLOGICAL APPROACH; NETWORK ANALYSIS; OPTIMIZATION; PARAMETERIZATION; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; RIVER BASIN; SUSTAINABILITY; WATER RESOURCE; WATER USE;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; YELLOW RIVER BASIN;

EID: 70350097197     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2009.08.007     Document Type: Article

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