Applying instream flow incremental method for the spawning habitat protection of Chinese sturgeon (Acipenser sinensis)

River Research and Applications

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 87-98

  Ban, X ^a   Du, Y ^a   Liu, H Z ^b   Ling, F ^a  

^a Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF HYDROBIOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Chinese sturgeon; Decision support system; Gezhouba Dam; Habitat suitability index; Hydraulics; Three Gorges Dam

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FISH; GIS; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; HYDRAULICS; HYDRODYNAMICS; IMPOUNDMENT; POPULATION DECLINE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SPAWNING; SPECIES CONSERVATION; STREAMFLOW;

CHINA; GEZHOUBA DAM; GUANGDONG; HUBEI; THREE GORGES DAM; YANGTZE RIVER; ZHUJIANG;

ACIPENSER SINENSIS;

EID: 78650860307     PISSN: 15351459     EISSN: 15351467     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/rra.1341     Document Type: Article

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