Going with the flow: Global warming and the challenge of sustaining river ecosystems in monsoonal Asia

Water Science and Technology: Water Supply

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 69-80

  Dudgeon, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Climate change; Conservation; Fisheries; Freshwater biodiversity

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CONSTRAINT THEORY; FLOOD CONTROL; GLOBAL WARMING; RUNOFF; WATER POLLUTION;

FRESHWATER BIODIVERSITY; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HUMAN IMPACTS; HYDROLOGIC ALTERATION; MONSOONAL ASIA;

ECOSYSTEMS;

FRESH WATER; OXYGEN;

BIODIVERSITY; CONSTRAINT THEORY; ECOSYSTEMS; FLOOD CONTROL; GLOBAL WARMING; RUNOFF; WATER POLLUTION;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; FISHERY; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; GLOBAL WARMING; RIVER MANAGEMENT; WATER FLOW;

ASIA; BIODIVERSITY; CONFERENCE PAPER; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; HUMAN; HYDROLOGY; RIVER ECOSYSTEM; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; WATER FLOW; WATER SUPPLY;

ASIA; EURASIA;

EID: 34548176988     PISSN: 16069749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.2166/ws.2007.042     Document Type: Conference Paper

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