Environmental flow assessment in a lotic ecosystem of Central Western Ghats, India
Energy and Wetlands Research Group, Centre for Ecological Sciences [CES], Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore – 560012, India.
Web URL: http://ces.iisc.ernet.in/energy; http://ces.iisc.ernet.in/foss
*Corresponding author:
cestvr@ces.iisc.ernet.in

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Citation : Ramachandra TV, Vinay S, Bharath HA (2016) Environmental Flow Assessment in a Lotic Ecosystem of Central Western Ghats, India. Hydrol Current Res 7: 248. doi:10.4172/2157-7587.1000248.
* Corresponding Author :
Dr. T.V. Ramachandra
Energy & Wetlands Research Group, Centre for Ecological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore – 560 012, India.
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