Effects of climate change on inland waters of the pacific coastal mountains and western great basin of North America

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 11, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 971-992

  Melack, John M ^a   Dozier, Jeff ^a   Goldman, Charles R ^b   Greenland, David ^c   Milner, Alexander M ^d   Naiman, Robert J ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; Global warming; Hydrological response; Inland waters; Pacific Coastal Mountains; Western Great Basin

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; ONCORHYNCHUS NERKA;

INLAND WATERS;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GLACIERS; GLOBAL WARMING; HYDROLOGY; LAKES; RIVERS; RUNOFF; SNOW; THERMAL EFFECTS; WIND EFFECTS;

SURFACE WATERS;

CARBON DIOXIDE DOUBLING; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATIC CHANGE; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE; HYDROLOGY; LIMNOLOGY; PRECIPITATION; RUNOFF; SALINE LAKE;

NORTH AMERICA, PACIFIC COAST; NORTH AMERICA, WESTERN GREAT BASIN;

EID: 0031160809     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1085(19970630)11:8<971::AID-HYP514>3.0.CO;2-Y     Document Type: Article

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