Past climate, future perspective: An exploratory analysis using climate proxies and drought risk assessment to inform water resources management and policy in Maine, USA

Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 92, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 941-947

  Sen Gupta, Avirup ^a   Jain, Shaleen ^a,b   Kim, Jong Suk ^a  

^a The University of Maine   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate; Drought; Ecosystem services; Tree rings; Water allocation; Water policy

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; FUTURE PROSPECT; ICE CORE; LEARNING; RISK ASSESSMENT; STREAMFLOW; TREE RING; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER RESOURCE;

ARTICLE; CLIMATE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; DROUGHT; PALMER DROUGHT SEVERITY INDEX; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES; WATERSHED; WATERSHED MANAGEMENT;

MAINE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 78650521310     PISSN: 03014797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2010.10.054     Document Type: Article

References (28)

1. Bowman A.W., Azzalini A. Applied Smoothing Techniques for Data Analysis: The Kernel Approach with S-Plus Illustrations 1997, Oxford University Press, Oxford (UK).
2. Cook E.R., Woodhouse C.A., Eakin C.M., Meko D.M., Stahle D.W. Long-term aridity changes in the Western United States. Science 2004, 306(5698):1015-1018.
3. Dahm C.N., Baker M.A., Moore D.I., Thibault J.R. Coupled biogeochemical and hydrological responses of streams and rivers to drought. Freshwater Biology 2003, 48:1219-1231.
4. Fleming D. Guides Hope Drought Talk Will Dry Up June 16, 2002, Maine Sunday Telegram, Portland, ME. p. 1K; 3K.
5. Freeman C., Gresswell R., Guasch H., Hudson J., Lock M.A., Reynolds B., Sabater F., Sabater S. The role of drought in the impact of climatic change on the microbiota of peatland streams. Freshwater Biology 1994, 32:223-230.
6. Golladay S.W., Gagnon P., Kearns M., Battle J.M., Hicks D.W. Response of freshwater mussel assemblages (Bivalvia:Unionidae) to a record drought in the Gulf Coastal Plain of southwestern Georgia. Journal of North American Benthological Society 2004, 23:494-506.
7. IWR/Institute for Water Resources Trade-off Analysis and Procedures Guidebook. IWR-02-R2. U.S. 2002, Army Institute for Water Resources, Decision Methodologies Division, Alexandria, Virginia.
8. Johnson W.K., Kohne R.W. Susceptibility of reservoirs to drought using palmer index. Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management 1993, 119(3):367-387.
9. Lake P.S. Ecological effects of perturbation by drought in flowing waters. Freshwater Biology 2003, 48:1161-1172.
10. Lake P.S. Drought, the " creeping disaster" effects on aquatic ecosystems. Land & Water Australia 2008, (Product code: PN20677), (accessed 10.04.10.). http://www.lwa.gov.au.
11. Lombard P.J. Drought Conditions in Maine, 1999-2002-A Historical Perspective: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 03-4310 2004, 36 pp.
12. Magoulick D.D. Spatial and temporal variation in fish assemblages of drying stream pools: the role of abiotic and biotic factors. Aquatic Ecology 2000, 43:29-41.
13. Maine Agricultural Water Management Advisory Committee Growing Agriculture, Sustainable Agricultural Water Source and Use Policy and Action Plan 2003, Maine Department of Agriculture, p. 18.
14. Maine Emergency Management Agency Drought Impact Research Summary Report. Prepared by Volma Galubickaite, Market Decisions April 2002, p. 22.
15. MDEP/Maine Department of Environmental Protection Water Withdrawal Reporting Program 2006-2007 Annual Report 2008, (accessed 7.10.10.). http://www.maine.gov/dep/blwq/docmonitoring/swup/.
16. MDEP/Maine Department of Environmental Protection Chapter 587: In-stream Flows and Lake and Pond Water Levels 2009, Available online, (accessed 14.01.10.). http://www.maine.gov/dep/blwq/topic/flow/.
17. NHDES/New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services Drought Management Program 2010, (accessed on 7.10.10.). http://des.nh.gov/organization/divisions/water/dam/drought/.
18. Palmer W.C. Meteorological Drought. Research Paper No. 45, U.S. Weather Bureau 1965, NOAA Library and Information Services Division, Washington, DC, 20852.
19. Pulwarty R.S., Wilhite D., Diodato D.M., Nelson D.I. Drought in changing environments: creating a roadmap, vehicles, and drivers. Natural Hazards Observer 5 May 2007, 31. Available online, (accessed 14.01.10.). http://www.colorado.edu/hazards/o/.
20. Rice J.L., Woodhouse C.A., Lukas J.J. Science and decision making: water management and tree-ring data in the Western United States. Journal of the American Water Resources Association 2009, 45(5):1248-1259.
21. Schmitt, C.A., 2003, The effects of the 2001-2002 drought on Maine surface water supplies. M.S. thesis, Ecology and Environmental Sciences Graduate Program, University of Maine, Orono, Maine, USA, 110 pp.
22. Schmitt C.A., Webster K.E., Peckenham J.M., Tolman A.L., McNelly J.L. Vulnerability of surface water supplies in Maine to the 2001 drought. Journal New England Water Works Association June 2008, 104-116.
23. Stanley E.H., Buschman D.L., Boulton A.J., Grimm N.B., Fisher S.G. Invertebrate resistance and resilience to intermittency in a desert stream. American Midland Naturalist 1994, 131:288-300.
24. UCS/Union of Concerned Scientists Confronting Climate Change in the U.S. Northeast-Maine 2007, UCS, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA, Available online, (accessed 14.01.10.). http://climatechoices.org/assets/documents/climatechoices/maine_necia.pdf.
25. U.S.Geological Survey Hydro-Climatic Data Network (HCDN): Streamflow Data Set, 1874-2008, USGS Water-Resources Investigations Report 93-4076 Available online, (accessed 14.01.10.). http://pubs.usgs.gov/wri/wri934076/.
26. Woodhouse C.A., Lukas J.J. Drought, tree-rings, and water resource management. Canadian Water Resources Journal 2006, 31:297-310.
27. Wright C.S., Agee J.K. Fire and vegetation history in the eastern Cascade Mountains, Washington. Ecological Application 2004, 14(20):443-459.
28. Zielinski G.A., Keim B. New England Weather, New England Climate 2003, University Press of New England, Lebanon, NH.