Post-Damming Flow Regime Development In A Large Lowland River (Volga, Russian Federation): Implications For Floodplain Inundation And Fisheries

River Research and Applications

Volumn 28, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1121-1134

  Gorski K ^a   van den Bosch, L V ^b   van de Wolfshaar, K E ^a,b   Middelkoop, H ^b   Nagelkerke, L A J ^a   Filippov, O V ^c   Zolotarev, D V ^c   Yakovlev, S V ^d   Minin, A E ^e   Winter, H V ^a   De Leeuw, J J ^a   Buijse, A D ^f   Verreth, J A J ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c VOLGOGRAD STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^d GosNIORKH State Institute for Lake and River Fisheries   (Russian Federation)

^e GosNIORKH State Institute for Lake and River Fisheries   (Russian Federation)

^f DELTARES   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Damming; Fish catch; Flood pulse; Floodplain; Volga River

Indexed keywords

CATCH STATISTICS; COMMERCIAL SPECIES; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; FISHING; FLOODING; FLOODPLAIN; HYDROLOGICAL REGIME; PEAK DISCHARGE; RIVER DISCHARGE; RIVER FLOW; WATER LEVEL; YIELD RESPONSE;

RUSSIAN FEDERATION; VOLGA RIVER;

CARASSIUS GIBELIO; CYPRINIDAE;

EID: 84867405478     PISSN: 15351459     EISSN: 15351467     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/rra.1499     Document Type: Article

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