Integrating hydrology, hydraulics and ecological response into a flexible approach to the determination of environmental water requirements for rivers

Environmental Modelling and Software

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 910-918

  Hughes, D A ^a   Louw, D ^a  

^a RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Ecosystem responses; Environmental water requirements; Hydraulics; Hydrology

Indexed keywords

DATABASE MANAGEMENT; ECOLOGICAL OBJECTIVES; ECOLOGICAL RESPONSE; ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE; ENVIRONMENTAL WATER REQUIREMENTS; EXPERT OPINION; FLOW REGIMES; HYDRAULIC HABITATS; HYDROLOGICAL MODELLING; INTEGRATED FRAMEWORKS; INTEGRATED WATER MANAGEMENT; POSSIBLE FUTURES; SOUTH AFRICA;

ECOSYSTEMS; HYDROLOGY; MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS; WATER; WATER MANAGEMENT;

HYDRAULICS;

DATABASE; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; FLOW PATTERN; GIS; HYDRAULICS; INTEGRATED APPROACH; SOFTWARE; WATER AVAILABILITY; WATER MANAGEMENT;

SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 77951131759     PISSN: 13648152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envsoft.2010.03.004     Document Type: Article

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