How dams can go with the flow

Science

Volumn 353, Issue 6304, 2016, Pages 1099-1100

  Poff, N LeRoy ^a,b   Schmidt, John C ^c  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CANBERRA   (Australia)

^c UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SURFACE WATER;

DAM CONSTRUCTION; DEVELOPING WORLD; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; HYDROELECTRIC POWER; IRRIGATION; POWER GENERATION; WATER SUPPLY;

ATMOSPHERE; BIODIVERSITY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DESICCATION; EGG LAYING; ELECTRICITY; ENERGY YIELD; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; FOOD WEB; HUMAN; HYDROPOWER; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RIVER ECOSYSTEM; RUNOFF; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPRING; STRATEGIC PLANNING; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; WATER FLOW; WATER SUPPLY; WATER TEMPERATURE; ECOSYSTEM; ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION; PROCEDURES; RIVER;

ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION AND REMEDIATION; HUMANS; RIVERS;

EID: 84987711714     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.aah4926     Document Type: Review

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