Environmental flow setting in england and wales: Strategies for managing abstraction in catchments

Water and Environment Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 5-10

  Dunbar, M J ^a   Acreman, M ^a   Kirk, S ^b  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b ENVIRONMENT AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Abstraction management; CAMS; Environmental flow; RAM framework; River flow objective; River habitat modelling; Scenario analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 85007070758     PISSN: 17476585     EISSN: 17476593     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1747-6593.2004.tb00484.x     Document Type: Article

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