Modelling ecological flow regime: An example from the Tennessee and Cumberland River basins

Ecohydrology

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 613-627

  Knight, Rodney R ^a   Gain, W Scott ^a   Wolfe, William J ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecological flow; Flow regime; Hydrologic models

Indexed keywords

BASIN CHARACTERISTICS; BLUE RIDGES; CLIMATE VARIABLES; DAILY TEMPERATURE RANGES; DATA SETS; ECOLOGICAL FLOWS; FLOW REGIMES; FLOW VARIABLE; FOREST COVER; GEOGRAPHIC REGIONS; HYDROLOGIC MODELS; HYDROLOGIC RESPONSE; INDEPENDENT VARIABLES; LANDSCAPE FEATURE; MAJOR FACTORS; PREDICTIVE EQUATIONS; PUBLIC DOMAINS; RIVER BASINS; US GOVERNMENT;

WATERSHEDS;

STREAM FLOW;

DATA SET; FLOW MODELING; FOREST COVER; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STREAMFLOW;

CUMBERLAND RIVER; TENNESSEE RIVER; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84867400123     PISSN: 19360584     EISSN: 19360592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eco.246     Document Type: Article

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