Effects of climate change on the freshwaters of arctic and subarctic North America

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 11, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 873-902

  Rouse, Wayne R ^a   Douglas, Marianne S V ^b   Hecky, Robert E ^c   Hershey, Anne E ^d   Kling, George W ^e   Lesack, Lance ^f   Marsh, Philip ^g   Mcdonald, Michael ^d   Nicholson, Barbara J ^h   Roulet, Nigel T ⁱ   Smol, John P ^j  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c FRESHWATER INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA DULUTH   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^f SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^g ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^h CENTRAL CONNECTICUT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁱ MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^j QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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Author keywords

Arctic and subarctic North America; Climate change; Freshwater; Global warming

Indexed keywords

SALMONIDAE; SALVELINUS ALPINUS; SALVELINUS NAMAYCUSH;

FRESHWATERS; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODELS (GCM); LIMNOLOGY;

DRYING; ECOSYSTEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GLOBAL WARMING; HYDROLOGY; ICE; LAKES; PERMAFROST; RAIN; RIVERS; SNOW; THERMAL EFFECTS;

SURFACE WATERS;

CABON DIOXIDE DOUBLING; CARON BUDGET; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATIC CHANGE; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE; HYDROLOGY; LIMNOLOGY;

ARCTIC; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 0031158604     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1085(19970630)11:8<873::AID-HYP510>3.0.CO;2-6     Document Type: Article

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