Putting Flow–Ecology Relationships into Practice: A Decision-Support System to Assess Fish Community Response to Water-Management Scenarios

Putting Flow–Ecology Relationships into Practice: A Decision-Support System to Assess Fish Community Response to Water-Management Scenarios

This paper presents a conceptual framework to operationalize flow–ecology relationships into decision-support systems of practical use to water-resource managers, who are commonly tasked with balancing multiple competing socioeconomic and environmental priorities. We illustrate this framework with a...

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Main Authors: Jennifer Cartwright, Casey Caldwell, Steven Nebiker, Rodney Knight
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2017-03-01
Series:Water
Subjects:
water management
environmental flows
decision-support system
streamflow alteration
scenario analysis
fish species richness
ecohydrology
Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/2073-4441/9/3/196

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