Hydroecological response of river systems to shrinking glaciers

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 62-77

  Milner, Alexander M ^a   Brown, Lee E ^b   Hannah, David M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Algae; Alpine; Arctic; Fish; Food web; Fungi; Glacier; Macroinvertebrate; Microbe

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; ECOLOGY; FISH; FOOD ADDITIVES; FUNGI; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; GLACIERS; GROUNDWATER; HYDROGEOLOGY; MEATS; OCEAN HABITATS; PHYTOPLANKTON; RUNOFF; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SHRINKAGE; STREAM FLOW; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; SYSTEM STABILITY; WATERSHEDS;

ALPINE; ARCTIC; FOOD WEB; MACROINVERTEBRATE; MICROBE;

RIVERS;

ALGA; AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM; ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; BIOTA; CRYOSPHERE; ECOHYDROLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; FUNGUS; GLACIER; GLACIER MASS BALANCE; GLOBAL WARMING; HABITAT AVAILABILITY; HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE; MACROINVERTEBRATE; RIVER SYSTEM; SNOWMELT; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

ARCTIC;

ALGAE; FUNGI;

EID: 61749103701     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.7197     Document Type: Review

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