Evidence needed to manage freshwater ecosystems in a changing climate: Turning adaptation principles into practice

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 408, Issue 19, 2010, Pages 4150-4164

  Wilby, R L ^a   Orr, H ^b   Watts, G ^b   Battarbee, R W ^c   Berry, P M ^d   Chadd, R ^b   Dugdale, S J ^e   Dunbar, M J ^f   Elliott, J A ^f   Extence, C ^b   Hannah, D M ^g   Holmes, N ^h   Johnson, A C ^f   Knights, B ⁱ   Milner, N J ^j   Ormerod, S J ^k   Solomon, D ^l   Timlett, R ^m   Whitehead, P J ^d   Wood, P J ^a  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b ENVIRONMENT AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^e APEM LTD   (United Kingdom)

^f CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^h Alconbury Environmental Consultants   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^j BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^k CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^l Fisheries Consultant   (United Kingdom)

^m WWF UK   (United Kingdom)

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Author keywords

Adaptation; Climate change; Ecosystem; Freshwater; Monitoring; Multi disciplinary; Planning

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; BEST PRACTICE; CHANGING CLIMATE; CLIMATE IMPACTS; CLIMATIC VARIATION; DIFFERENT SCALE; ECOLOGICAL OBJECTIVES; ENVIRONMENTAL FLOW; ENVIRONMENTAL PRACTICES; EXPERT OPINION; FRESHWATER; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; FRESHWATER SPECIES; LITERATURE SURVEY; LOW FLOW; MANAGEMENT GOALS; MONITORING NETWORK; MULTI-DISCIPLINARY; REGULATORY FRAMEWORKS; RIPARIAN TREES; TARGET FLOW; TREE PLANTINGS; WATER COOLING; WATER TEMPERATURES;

AGRICULTURE; BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEMS; PLANNING; REFORESTATION; TEMPERATURE;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; CONSERVATION PLANNING; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; REGULATORY FRAMEWORK; VULNERABILITY;

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; PLANT SHADING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREE; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER SUPPLY; WATER TEMPERATURE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FRESH WATER;

ADAPTATION; AGRICULTURE; BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATES; ECOSYSTEMS; FRESH WATER; MONITORING; PLANNING; REFORESTATION; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 77954621489     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2010.05.014     Document Type: Article

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