An assessment of the current and future thermal regimes of three streams located in the Wenatchee River basin, Washington State: Some implications for regional river basin systems

Climatic Change

Volumn 102, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 493-520

  Cristea, Nicoleta C ^a   Burges, Stephen J ^a  

^a University of Washington   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

A-THERMAL; AIR TEMPERATURE; AQUATIC HABITATS; CANOPY DENSITY; COOLING EFFECTS; LARGE SIZES; LOW FLOW; MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE; MEAN TEMPERATURE; MODEL SIMULATION; PACIFIC NORTHWEST; RIPARIAN VEGETATION; RIVER BASINS; SALMONIDS; STREAM TEMPERATURES; SUMMER TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE INCREASE; THERMAL REGIMES; TIME HORIZONS; WASHINGTON STATE; WATER TEMPERATURES;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; GLOBAL WARMING; HYDRAULICS; RESTORATION; VEGETATION; WATERSHEDS;

RIVERS;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; CANOPY; COOLING; GLOBAL WARMING; HABITAT TYPE; NUMERICAL MODEL; POPULATION DENSITY; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; RIPARIAN VEGETATION; RIVER BASIN; SALMONID; SPAWNING; STREAMFLOW; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TRIBUTARY; WATER TEMPERATURE;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTHWEST); UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON [UNITED STATES]; WENATCHEE RIVER;

SALMONIDAE;

EID: 77957139188     PISSN: 01650009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10584-009-9700-5     Document Type: Article

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