Hydro-dam – A nature-based solution or an ecological problem: The fate of the Tonlé Sap Lake

Environmental Research

Volumn 158, Issue , 2017, Pages 24-32

  Lin, Zihan ^a   Qi, Jiaguo ^a,b  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Hydro dams; Lake phenology; Lower Mekong River Basin (LMRB); Nature based solutions; Remote sensing

Indexed keywords

RAIN; WATER;

AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM; BIODIVERSITY; DAM CONSTRUCTION; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; ENVIRONMENTAL FATE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; FOOD PRODUCTION; HYDROELECTRIC POWER; LACUSTRINE ENVIRONMENT; LIVELIHOOD; MODIS; NDVI; PHENOLOGY; POWER GENERATION; REMOTE SENSING; TRADE-OFF; WETLAND;

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; CLIMATE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DAM (BARRIER); ENERGY; FOOD INDUSTRY; HYDRO DAM; HYDROLOGY; HYDROPOWER; IRRIGATION (AGRICULTURE); LAKE; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIVER BASIN; SEASONAL VARIATION; VEGETATION; WETLAND; CAMBODIA; ECOSYSTEM; REMOTE SENSING; WATER FLOW; WATER SUPPLY;

CAMBODIA; MEKONG BASIN; TONLE SAP LAKE;

AGRICULTURAL IRRIGATION; CAMBODIA; ECOSYSTEM; LAKES; REMOTE SENSING TECHNOLOGY; WATER MOVEMENTS; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 85020184888     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: 10960953     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2017.05.016     Document Type: Article

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