Managing the Impacts of Reservoirs in the Mekong River Basin

World Environmental and Water Resources Congress 2014: Water Without Borders - Proceedings of the 2014 World Environmental and Water Resources Congress

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 1070-1080

  Wild, T B ^a   Loucks, D P ^a  

^a School of Chemical and Molecular Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS; HYDROELECTRIC POWER; PRODUCTIVITY; RESERVOIR MANAGEMENT; RESERVOIRS (WATER); RIVERS; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENTS; WATERSHEDS;

ECOLOGICAL PRODUCTIVITY; HYDRO POWER PRODUCTION; HYDRO-POWER DEVELOPMENT; MEKONG RIVER BASINS; RESERVOIR OPERATION; RESERVOIR SEDIMENTATION; RESERVOIR STORAGE CAPACITY; SEDIMENT MANAGEMENT;

WATER RESOURCES;

EID: 84904740039     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1061/9780784413548.107     Document Type: Conference Paper

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