Rising stream and river temperatures in the United States

Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment

Volumn 8, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 461-466

  Kaushal, Sujay S ^a   Likens, Gene E ^b   Jaworski, Norbert A ^c   Pace, Michael L ^b,f   Sides, Ashley M ^a   Seekell, David ^d   Belt, Kenneth T ^e   Secor, David H ^a   Wingate, Rebecca L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE   (United States)

^b CARY INSTITUTE OF ECOSYSTEM STUDIES   (United States)

^c US Environmental Protection Agency (retired)   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; EUTROPHICATION; RIVER WATER; STREAMWATER; TEMPERATURE PROFILE; TOXICITY; URBANIZATION; WARMING; WATER TEMPERATURE;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 77954624976     PISSN: 15409295     EISSN: 15409309     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/090037     Document Type: Article

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