Effects of hydropower generation and opportunities for environmental flow management in Swedish riverine ecosystems

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 49-67

  Renöfält, Birgitta Malm ^a,b   Jansson, Roland ^a   Nilsson, Christer ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b Swedish Water House   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Dams; Environmental flow; Hydropower; Reservoirs; Sweden

Indexed keywords

EID: 72849134097     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: 13652427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2427.2009.02241.x     Document Type: Article

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