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Water development projects are constructed worldwide for many purposes, but most commonly for water supply, flood control, and energy production. Projects always alter hydrology, which means that environmental flow regimes are also altered.
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- Environmental Flow Regimes
- Environmental Flows
- Current Water Management Practices
- Altered Hydrological Cycle
- Greater Water Deficit
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Montagna, P.A., Palmer, T.A., Beseres Pollack, J. (2013). Introduction. In: Hydrological Changes and Estuarine Dynamics. SpringerBriefs in Environmental Science, vol 8. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-5833-3_1
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