Managing the Three Gorges Dam to Implement Environmental Flows in the Yangtze River

The construction of the Three Gorges Dam, along with other development in the Yangtze River basin, has had profound consequences for the river's flow and sediment regime. This has had major impacts on the geomorphology and ecology of the river downstream of the dam, with related impacts on biod...

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Main Authors: Lin Cheng, Jeffrey J. Opperman, David Tickner, Robert Speed, Qiaoyu Guo, Daqing Chen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2018-07-01
Series:Frontiers in Environmental Science
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fenvs.2018.00064/full