Impact of the Three Gorges reservoir operation on downstream ecological water requirements

Hydrology Research

Volumn 43, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 48-53

  Li, Qiongfang ^a   Yu, Meixiu ^a   Zhao, Jianhua ^b   Cai, Tao ^a   Lu, Guobin ^a   Xie, Wei ^a   Bai, Xue ^a  

^a HOHAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Jiangsu Hydrology and Water Resources Survey Bureau   (China)

Author keywords

Minimum instream ecological flow; Three Gorges reservoir; Yangtze River; Yichang hydrological station

Indexed keywords

DAILY DISCHARGE; DAM CONSTRUCTION; ECOLOGICAL FLOWS; ECOLOGICAL WATER REQUIREMENTS; ECONOMIC GROWTHS; FLOW REGIMES; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; INTEGRATED MANAGEMENT; STUDY SITES; THREE GORGES RESERVOIR; WATER ALLOCATIONS; WATER USERS; YANGTZE RIVER; YICHANG HYDROLOGICAL STATION;

ECONOMICS; ECOSYSTEMS; STREAM FLOW; WATER RESOURCES;

RESERVOIRS (WATER);

DAM CONSTRUCTION; DISCHARGE; ECOSYSTEM HEALTH; FLOW PATTERN; HUMAN ACTIVITY; INTEGRATED APPROACH; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; OUTFLOW; POPULATION GROWTH; RESERVOIR; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER RESOURCE; WATER STORAGE;

CHINA; THREE GORGES RESERVOIR; YANGTZE RIVER;

EID: 84863239590     PISSN: 00291277     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/nh.2011.121     Document Type: Article

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