Sensitivity of aquatic ecosystems to climatic and anthropogenic changes: The basin and range, American Southwest and Mexico

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 11, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 1023-1041

  Grimm, Nancy B ^a   Chacón, Arturo ^b   Dahm, Clifford N ^c   Hostetler, Steven W ^d   Lind, Owen T ^e   Starkweather, Peter L ^f   Wurtsbaugh, Wayne W ^g  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD MICHOACANA DE SAN NICOLÁS DE HIDALGO   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^d U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^e BAYLOR UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^g UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

American Southwest; Anthropogenic change; Aquatic ecosystems; Arid lands; Basin and Range; Climate change; Lakes; Permanence; Reservoirs; Rivers; Stability; Streams; Water balance; Western Mexico

Indexed keywords

RIPARIA;

AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS;

ARID REGIONS; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; GEOMORPHOLOGY; HYDROLOGY; LAKES; RESERVOIRS (WATER); RIVERS; STREAM FLOW; WATER QUALITY; WATER RESOURCES;

ECOSYSTEMS;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM; CLIMATE CHANGE; HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE; WATER BALANCE;

MEXICO; USA, (SOUTHWEST); USA, BASIN AND RANGE PROVINCE;

EID: 0031160470     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1099-1085(19970630)11:8<1023::aid-hyp516>3.0.co;2-a     Document Type: Article

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