Effects of climate change on freshwater ecosystems of the south-eastern United States and the Gulf Coast of Mexico

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 11, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 949-970

  Mulholland, Patrick J ^a   Best, G Ronnie ^b   Coutant, Charles C ^a   Hornberger, George M ^c   Meyer, Judy L ^d   Robinson, Peter J ^e   Stenberg, John R ^f   Turner, R Eugene ^g   Vera Herrera, Francisco ^h   Wetzel, Robert G ⁱ  

^a OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^e University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^f University of Florida   (United States)

^g LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h Estacion el Carmen   (Mexico)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Anthropogenic stress; Climate change; Climate models; Eastern Mexico; Freshwater ecosystems; South eastern USA

Indexed keywords

RIPARIA;

ANTHROPOGENIC STRESSORS; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEMS;

CLIMATE CHANGE; DROUGHT; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ESTUARIES; FLOW OF WATER; LAKES; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); RUNOFF; STORMS; THERMAL EFFECTS; WATER QUALITY;

ECOSYSTEMS;

CARBON DIOXIDE DOUBLING; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATIC CHANGE; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE; PRECIPITATION; WATER BALANCE; WETLAND;

MEXICO, GULF COAST; USA, (SOUTHEASTERN);

EID: 0031153939     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1099-1085(19970630)11:8<949::aid-hyp513>3.0.co;2-g     Document Type: Article

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