Flow regime requirements and the biological effectiveness of habitat-based minimum flow assessments for six rivers

International Journal of River Basin Management

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 179-189

  Jowett, Ian G ^a   Biggs, Barry J F ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Flow regime; Instream habitat; Minimum flow assessment

Indexed keywords

EID: 85009570114     PISSN: 15715124     EISSN: 18142060     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15715124.2006.9635287     Document Type: Article

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