An eco-functional classification for environmental flow assessment in the Pearl River Basin in Guangdong, China

Science China Technological Sciences

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 265-275

  Wang, Bei ^a   Shao, DongGuo ^a   Mu, GuiLing ^a   Wang, ZhuoMin ^a   Li, XuDong ^a  

^a WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

classification; eco functional; environmental flow; key attributes

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CLASSIFICATION (OF INFORMATION); ECOLOGY; FLOW VELOCITY; WATER LEVELS; WATERSHEDS;

ECO-FUNCTIONAL; ENVIRONMENTAL FLOW; ENVIRONMENTAL FLOW ASSESSMENTS; ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE; FUNCTIONAL CLASSIFICATION; FUNDAMENTAL CHARACTERISTICS; KEY ATTRIBUTES; RIVER CLASSIFICATION;

RIVERS;

EID: 84957438290     PISSN: 16747321     EISSN: 18691900     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11431-015-5926-9     Document Type: Article

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