Objective-Based Method for Environmental Flow Assessment in Estuaries and Its Application to the Yellow River Estuary, China

Estuaries and Coasts

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 892-903

  Sun, Tao ^a   Xu, Jing ^a   Yang, Zhifeng ^a  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Ecological objective; Environmental flow assessment; Temporal spatial variability; Yellow River Estuary

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; ECOLOGICAL APPROACH; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; HABITAT CONSERVATION; RIVER DISCHARGE; SPATIAL VARIATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION; WATER DEMAND; WATER FLOW; WATER RESOURCE;

CHINA; SHANDONG; YELLOW RIVER ESTUARY;

EID: 84862779758     PISSN: 15592723     EISSN: 15592731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12237-012-9477-z     Document Type: Article

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