Environmental Flow Requirements in Tungabhadra River, Karnataka, India

Natural Resources Research

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 193-205

  Kumara, B K Harish ^a   Srikantaswamy, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MYSORE   (India)

Author keywords

Downstream ecosystem; ecosystem services; environmental flows; Tungabhadra River; water for environment

Indexed keywords

EID: 80051666858     PISSN: 15207439     EISSN: 15738981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11053-011-9143-3     Document Type: Article

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