A Risk-Based Ecohydrological Approach to Assessing Environmental Flow Regimes

Environmental Management - Tập 61 Số 3 - Trang 358-374 - 2018
Glenn B. McGregor1, Jonathan Marshall1, Jaye S. Lobegeiger1, Dean Holloway1, Norbert Menke1, Julie Coysh2
1Queensland Department of Science, Information Technology and Innovation, GPO Box 5078, Brisbane, Australia
2Queensland Department of Natural Resources and Mines, Brisbane, Australia

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