Ecological risk assessment for Water scarcity in Chinas Yellow River Delta Wetland

Stochastic Environmental Research and Risk Assessment

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 697-711

  Qin, Yan ^a   Yang, Zhifeng ^a   Yang, Wei ^a  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Ecological risk assessment; EVR model; Water scarcity; Yellow River Delta Wetland

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM; BOHAI SEA; ECOLOGICAL RISK ASSESSMENT; ECOLOGICAL RISKS; ENVIRONMENTAL FLOW; EVR MODEL; HIGH-RISK AREAS; MARKOV CHAIN MONTE CARLO; MICRO-SCALES; NO CONCENTRATION; PHRAGMITES AUSTRALIS; PLANT SPECIES; SINGLE PLANTS; SOIL WATER CONTENT; SPATIAL RELATIONSHIPS; SUAEDA SALSA; THREE-LEVEL; VALUE AT RISK; WATER SCARCITY; WETLAND RESTORATION; YELLOW RIVER; YELLOW RIVER DELTA;

BIODIVERSITY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECOSYSTEMS; RATING; RIVERS; SODIUM; SOIL MOISTURE; WATER CONTENT; WETLANDS;

RISK ASSESSMENT;

ECOLOGY; ECOTONE; HYDROLOGY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOIL WATER; WATER CONTENT; WATERSHED; WETLAND;

BOHAI SEA; CHINA; PACIFIC OCEAN; SHANDONG; YELLOW RIVER DELTA; YELLOW SEA;

PHRAGMITES AUSTRALIS; SUAEDA SALSA; TAMARIX CHINENSIS;

EID: 79958719726     PISSN: 14363240     EISSN: 14363259     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00477-011-0479-3     Document Type: Article

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