Basic tools for setting environmental flows at the regional scale: application of the ELOHA framework in a Mediterranean river basin

Ecohydrology

Volumn 9, Issue 8, 2016, Pages 1517-1538

  Solans, M Alba ^a   Garcia de Jalon D ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

ELOHA framework; environmental flows; natural flow regimes

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; ECOLOGY; FLOW SEPARATION; WATERSHEDS;

ECOLOGICAL RELATIONSHIPS; ELOHA FRAMEWORK; ENVIRONMENTAL FLOW; ENVIRONMENTAL FLOW REGIME; HYDROLOGIC ALTERATIONS; HYDROLOGICAL ALTERATIONS; MEDITERRANEAN RIVERS; NATURAL FLOW REGIME;

RIVERS;

COLEOPTERA; DIPTERA; EPHEMEROPTERA; GASTROPODA; PLECOPTERA; TRICHOPTERA;

EID: 84971282428     PISSN: 19360584     EISSN: 19360592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eco.1745     Document Type: Article

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