Assessing and classifying plant-related ecological risk under water management scenarios in China's Yellow River Delta Wetlands

Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 130, Issue , 2013, Pages 276-287

  Yang, Zhifeng ^a   Qin, Yan ^a   Yang, Wei ^a  

^a Beijing Normal University   (China)

Author keywords

Ecological risk; Ecological value at risk; Fuzzy clustering method; Water management scenarios; Yellow River Delta Wetlands

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FLOOD CONTROL; FUZZY CLUSTERING; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK PERCEPTION; RIVERS; SOIL MOISTURE; VALUE ENGINEERING; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER SUPPLY;

ECOLOGICAL RISKS; ECOLOGICAL VALUE AT RISK; ECOLOGICAL VALUES; FUZZY CLUSTERING METHOD; MANAGEMENT SCENARIOS; VALUE AT RISK; WATER MANAGEMENT SCENARIO; WATERS MANAGEMENTS; YELLOW RIVER DELTA; YELLOW RIVER DELTA WETLAND;

WETLANDS;

WATER;

ECOTONE; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; ESTIMATION METHOD; FUZZY MATHEMATICS; SOIL MOISTURE; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER STRESS; WETLAND;

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; CHINA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; PLANT ECOLOGY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RIVER ECOSYSTEM; SOIL MOISTURE; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER STRESS; WETLAND;

CHINA; SHANDONG; YELLOW RIVER DELTA;

ECOLOGICAL RISK; ECOLOGICAL VALUE AT RISK; FUZZY CLUSTERING METHOD; WATER MANAGEMENT SCENARIOS; YELLOW RIVER DELTA WETLANDS;

BIODIVERSITY; CHINA; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DROUGHTS; FLOODS; MARKOV CHAINS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; RISK ASSESSMENT; WATER QUALITY; WETLANDS;

EID: 84884948622     PISSN: 03014797     EISSN: 10958630     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2013.08.015     Document Type: Article

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