Reservoir Reoperation for Fish Ecosystem Restoration Using Daily Inflows-Case Study of Lake Shelbyville

Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management

Volumn 137, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 470-480

  Yang, Yi Chen E ^a,b,c   Cai, Ximing ^a  

^a University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

^b ILLINOIS STATE WATER SURVEY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Daily water release; Ecohydrology; Illinois; Lake Shelbyville; Multiobjective watershed management; Reservoir reoperation

Indexed keywords

CONTROL OBJECTIVES; ECO-HYDROLOGY; ECOLOGICAL OBJECTIVES; ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION; FISH HABITAT; FLOW REQUIREMENTS; ILLINOIS; LIMITED DATA; MODEL RESULTS; MONTE CARLO SIMULATION; MULTI-OBJECTIVE OPTIMIZATION MODELS; MULTIOBJECTIVE WATERSHED MANAGEMENT; NATURAL FLOW REGIME; OPERATION RULES; OPTIMAL VALUES; RELEASE FUNCTION; RESERVOIR INFLOW; RESERVOIR OPERATION; ROBUSTNESS ANALYSIS; ROLE OF WATER; WATER RELEASE;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECOSYSTEMS; FLOOD CONTROL; FLOOD DAMAGE; LAKES; MONTE CARLO METHODS; MULTIOBJECTIVE OPTIMIZATION; RESEARCH; RESERVOIR MANAGEMENT; RESTORATION; RIVER CONTROL; WATER CONSERVATION; WATER LEVELS; WATER MANAGEMENT;

RESERVOIRS (WATER);

ECOHYDROLOGY; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; FLOOD CONTROL; FLOOD DAMAGE; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; MULTIOBJECTIVE PROGRAMMING; NUMERICAL MODEL; OPTIMIZATION; RESERVOIR FLOODING; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATERSHED;

ILLINOIS; KASKASKIA RIVER; LAKE SHELBYVILLE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 83755225658     PISSN: 07339496     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)WR.1943-5452.0000139     Document Type: Article

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