Linkage between Three Gorges Dam impacts and the dramatic recessions in Chinaâ € s largest freshwater lake, Poyang Lake

Scientific Reports

Volumn 5, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Mei, Xuefei ^a   Dai, Zhijun ^a   Du, Jinzhou ^a   Chen, Jiyu ^a  

^a EAST CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

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EID: 84949575764     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep18197     Document Type: Article

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