Environmental flows and its evaluation of restoration effect based on LEDESS model in Yellow River Delta wetlands

Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 357-367

  Wang, Xingong ^a   Lian, Yu ^a   Huang, Chong ^b   Wang, Xiaojun ^c,g   Wang, Ruiling ^a   Shan, Kai ^d   Pedroli, Bas ^e   van Eupen, Michiel ^e   ElMahdi, Amgad ^f   Ali, Mahtab ^f  

^a Yellow River Basin Water Resources Protection Bureau   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHIC SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES RESEARCH   (China)

^c NANJING HYDRAULIC RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (China)

^d Yellow River Delta National Nature Reserve Administration Bureau   (China)

^e WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^f BUREAU OF METEOROLOGY   (Australia)

^g YANGTZE RIVER SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (China)

Author keywords

Environmental flows; LEDESS model; Wetlands; Yellow River Delta

Indexed keywords

BIOINDICATOR; BIRD; CARRYING CAPACITY; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ECOSYSTEM HEALTH; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION; HABITAT QUALITY; HUMAN ACTIVITY; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; LAND USE CHANGE; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; PROBABILITY; RESOURCE SCARCITY; WATER DEMAND; WATER FLOW; WATER RESOURCE; WETLAND;

CHINA; SHANDONG; YELLOW RIVER DELTA;

BALEARICA PAVONINA; CICONIA BOYCIANA; GRUS JAPONENSIS; LARUS RELICTUS;

EID: 84858751756     PISSN: 13812386     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11027-011-9330-x     Document Type: Article

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