Relative effects of climate and water use on base-flow trends in the lower Klamath Basin

Journal of the American Water Resources Association

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1035-1052

  Van Kirk, Robert W ^a   Naman, Seth W ^b  

^a Nucl Eng Idaho State University   (United States)

^b HUMBOLDT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate variability change; Klamath River; Permutation tests; Rivers streams; Salmon; Surface water hydrology

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; GROUNDWATER FLOW; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); REUSABILITY;

BASE FLOWS; CLIMATE VARIABILITY/CHANGE; CLIMATIC FACTORS; COHO SALMON; KLAMATH RIVER; PACIFIC DECADAL OSCILLATION; PACIFIC NORTHWEST; PERMUTATION TESTING; PERMUTATION TESTS; RIVERS/STREAMS; SALMON; SNOW WATER EQUIVALENT; SURFACE WATER HYDROLOGY; TIME PERIODS; WATER USES;

RIVERS;

BASEFLOW; CLIMATE EFFECT; DISCHARGE; IRRIGATION; REARING; SALMONID; TRIBUTARY; WATER USE;

KLAMATH BASIN; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ONCORHYNCHUS KISUTCH;

EID: 48349095603     PISSN: 1093474X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-1688.2008.00212.x     Document Type: Article

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