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Title

Environmental flows: a call for hydrology.

Authors

Smakhtin, Vladimir

Abstract

The author reflects on the meaning and significance of environmental flows in river management. He urges managers to consider the hydrological purposes of high, medium and low flows. He also suggests that there is a need for scientifically defined, legally enforced and economically justified environmental flows.

Subjects

HYDROLOGY; AQUATIC ecology; BIOTIC communities; ENVIRONMENTAL management

Publication

Hydrological Processes, 2007, Vol 21, Issue 5, p701

ISSN

0885-6087

Publication type

Academic Journal

DOI

10.1002/hyp.6622