Linking Water Quality and Quantity in Environmental Flow Assessment in Deteriorated Ecosystems: A Food Web View

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 7, 2013, Pages

  Chen, He ^a   Ma, Lekuan ^a,b   Guo, Wei ^c   Yang, Ying ^a   Guo, Tong ^a,d   Feng, Cheng ^a  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHINESE ACADEMY FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING   (China)

^c NORTH CHINA ELECTRIC POWER UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL FLOW ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; FLOW MEASUREMENT; FOOD WEB; HYDROLOGY; WATER FLOW; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 84880785439     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0070537     Document Type: Article

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