Potential impacts to freshwater ecosystems caused by flow regime alteration under changing climate conditions in Taiwan

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 649, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 115-128

  Suen, Jian Ping ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Flow regime; Freshwater ecosystems; Hydrologic alteration; Range of variability approach; Taiwan

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC ORGANISMS; ATMOSPHERIC MOISTURE; CHANGING CLIMATE; CUMULATIVE EFFECTS; EARTH'S SURFACE; FLOW DATA; FLOW REGIMES; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; GAUGING STATIONS; POTENTIAL IMPACTS; PRECAUTIONARY MEASURES; RANGE OF VARIABILITY APPROACHES; RIVER FLOW; RIVER SYSTEMS; WATER CONDITIONS;

AQUACULTURE; ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; DROUGHT; ECOSYSTEMS; STREAM FLOW; WATER RESOURCES;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

AQUATIC ORGANISM; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; DROUGHT; FLOOD; FLOW PATTERN; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; HUMAN ACTIVITY; HYDROLOGICAL CHANGE; RIVER FLOW; STREAMFLOW; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER RESOURCE;

TAIWAN;

EID: 77952419133     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-010-0234-7     Document Type: Article

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