The environmental changes and mitigation actions in the Three Gorges Reservoir region, China

Environmental Science and Policy

Volumn 14, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1132-1138

  Zhang, Quanfa ^a   Lou, Zhiping ^b  

^a Wuhan Institute of Botany Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Biodiversity conservation; Drawdown zone; Three Gorges Dam; Uplands; Water environment

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; CHINA; CONSERVATION BIOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WATER SUPPLY;

ALGAE; PISCES;

EID: 82655173905     PISSN: 14629011     EISSN: 18736416     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envsci.2011.07.008     Document Type: Article

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