Effects of climate variability on rivers: Consequences for long term water quality analysis

Journal of the American Water Resources Association

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1435-1447

  Scarsbrook, Mike R ^a   McBride, Chris G ^a   McBride, Graham B ^a   Bryers, Graham G ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Aquatic ecosystems; Climate variability; El Ni o Southern Oscillation; New Zealand; Trend analysis; Water quality

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; RAIN; RIVERS; STATISTICAL METHODS; WATER QUALITY;

CLIMATE VARIABILITY; TEMPORAL VARIABILITY;

WATER RESOURCES;

AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM; CLIMATE VARIATION; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; TREND ANALYSIS; WATER QUALITY;

AUSTRALASIA; NEW ZEALAND;

EID: 1642441845     PISSN: 1093474X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-1688.2003.tb04429.x     Document Type: Article

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