Assessment of the flow regime alterations in the Lower Yellow River, China

Ecological Informatics

Volumn 10, Issue , 2012, Pages 56-64

  Yang, Zhifeng ^a   Yan, Yan ^a   Liu, Qiang ^a  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Flow regime; Hydrologic alteration; Indicators of hydrologic alteration; Mann Kendall method; The Yellow River

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; ECOSYSTEM HEALTH; FLOW VELOCITY; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; MAGNITUDE; STREAMFLOW;

CHINA; YELLOW RIVER BASIN;

EID: 84862008964     PISSN: 15749541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoinf.2011.10.002     Document Type: Article

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