Dynamic vegetation model as a tool for ecological impact assessments of dam operation

Journal of Hydro-Environment Research

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 151-161

  Egger, Gregory ^a   Politti, Emilio ^a   Woo, Hyoseop ^b   Cho, Kang Hyun ^c   Park, Moonhyeong ^b   Cho, Hyungjin ^c   Benjankar, Rohan ^d   Lee, Nam Joo ^e   Lee, Haegyun ^f  

^a Environmental Consulting Ltd   (Austria)

^b Korea Institute of Civil Engineering and Building Technology   (South Korea)

^c Inha University   (South Korea)

^d UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

^e Kyungsung University   (South Korea)

^f Dankook University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Dam operations; Floodplain dynamic model; Long term assessment; Monsoon floodplain vegetation; Nakdong River

Indexed keywords

DAM CONSTRUCTION; DYNAMIC VEGETATION MODEL; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; FLOOD PLAINS; GEOPROCESSING; HIGH FLOW; LONG TERM ASSESSMENT; MATURATION STAGE; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; RIPARIAN VEGETATION; RIVER BED; SOUTH KOREA; TIME-PERIODS; VEGETATION COMMUNITY; VEGETATION MODEL;

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; BANKS (BODIES OF WATER); DAMS; DYNAMIC MODELS; USER INTERFACES; VEGETATION;

RIVERS;

ABUNDANCE; CALIBRATION; COLONIZATION; DAM CONSTRUCTION; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; FLOODPLAIN; LONG-TERM CHANGE; MONSOON; RIPARIAN VEGETATION; RIVER BED; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

NAKDONG RIVER; SOUTH KOREA;

EID: 84862779833     PISSN: 15706443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jher.2012.01.007     Document Type: Article

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