Suitable range of reservoir storage capacities for environmental flow provision

Ecological Engineering

Volumn 76, Issue , 2015, Pages 122-129

  Yin, Xin An ^a   Mao, Xu Feng ^b   Pan, Bao Zhu ^c   Zhao, Yan Wei ^a  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b QINGHAI NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c CHANGJIANG RIVER SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (China)

Author keywords

Environmental flow; Reservoir design; Reservoir storage capacity; Water supply

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; HYDROGEOLOGY; WATER SUPPLY;

ECOLOGICAL PROTECTION; ENVIRONMENTAL FLOW; RESERVOIR DESIGN; RESERVOIR OPERATING RULES; RESERVOIR STORAGE CAPACITY; RIVERINE ECOSYSTEMS; SUPPLY LEVELS; WATER PROVISION;

RESERVOIRS (WATER);

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; GENETIC ALGORITHM; RESERVOIR CHARACTERIZATION; WATER SUPPLY;

CHINA; HEBEI; WANGKUAI RESERVOIR;

EID: 85027956340     PISSN: 09258574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2014.04.002     Document Type: Article

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