Ecological network analysis for a virtual water network

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 49, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 6722-6730

  Fang, Delin ^a   Chen, Bin ^a  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; REDUNDANCY; WATER MANAGEMENT;

BALANCE ANALYSIS; ECOLOGICAL NETWORK ANALYSIS; HEIHE RIVER BASIN; INDUSTRIAL SECTOR; NETWORK EFFICIENCY; SOCIO-ECONOMIC SYSTEMS; VIRTUAL WATER-FLOW; WATER CONSUMPTION;

EFFICIENCY;

WATER; MERCURY; WATER POLLUTANT;

HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; NETWORK ANALYSIS; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; WATER FLOW;

ARTICLE; CASE STUDY; CHINA; COMPETITION; COMPUTER NETWORK; DISPERSION; ECOLOGICAL NETWORK ANALYSIS; ECOLOGICAL PROCEDURES; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ECOSYSTEM; FLUID INTAKE; HUMAN; INDUSTRIALIZATION; IRRIGATION (AGRICULTURE); LIVESTOCK; POPULATION DENSITY; RIVER BASIN; STEADY STATE; VIRTUAL WATER NETWORK; WATER FLOW; WATER SUPPLY; ANALYSIS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECOLOGY; GEOGRAPHY; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PROBABILITY; RIVER; SEASON; UNCERTAINTY; WATER POLLUTANT;

CHINA; GANSU; HEI RIVER; HEIHE BASIN;

CHINA; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECOLOGY; GEOGRAPHY; MERCURY; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PROBABILITY; RIVERS; SEASONS; UNCERTAINTY; WATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84930659680     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es505388n     Document Type: Article

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