Prediction of river ecological integrity after cascade hydropower dam construction on the mainstream of rivers in Longitudinal Range-Gorge Region (LRGR), China

Ecological Engineering

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 361-372

  Zhai, Hongjuan ^a   Cui, Baoshan ^a   Hu, Bo ^a   Zhang, Kejiang ^b  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cascade dam construction; Ecological restoration; Predict; River ecosystem integrity; Threshold

Indexed keywords

AS-SOILS; DAM CONSTRUCTION; ECOLOGICAL EFFECT; ECOLOGICAL INTEGRITY; ECOLOGICAL RESTORATION; INDEX VALUES; LANCANG RIVER; ON FLOW; RIVER ECOSYSTEM;

DAMAGE DETECTION; ECOSYSTEMS; EMBANKMENT DAMS; FLOW PATTERNS; HYDRAULIC STRUCTURES; QUALITY ASSURANCE; RESTORATION; SOIL CONSERVATION; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

RIVERS;

DAM CONSTRUCTION; FLOW PATTERN; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; PREDICTION; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; RIVER MANAGEMENT; SOIL CONSERVATION; THRESHOLD; WATER QUALITY;

CHINA; MEKONG RIVER; SALWEEN RIVER; YUAN RIVER;

EID: 77049115642     PISSN: 09258574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2009.10.002     Document Type: Article

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