Groundwater dependent ecosystems. Part I: Hydroecological status and trends

Environmental Science and Policy

Volumn 14, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 770-781

  Kløve, Bjørn ^a,b   Ala aho, Pertti ^a   Bertrand, Guillaume ^c   Boukalova, Zuzana ^d   Ertürk, Ali ^e   Goldscheider, Nico ^f   Ilmonen, Jari ^a   Karakaya, Nusret ^g   Kupfersberger, Hans ^h   Kvœrner, Jens ^b   Lundberg, Angela ⁱ   Mileusnić, Marta ^j   Moszczynska, Agnieszka ^k   Muotka, Timo ^a   Preda, Elena ^l   Rossi, Pekka ^a   Siergieiev, Dmytro ⁱ   Šimek, Josef ^d   Wachniew, Przemysław ^m   Angheluta, Vadineanu ^l   Widerlund, Anders ⁱ   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF BIOECONOMY RESEARCH   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEUCHÂTEL   (Switzerland)

^d GIS Geoindustry sro ^*  (Czech Republic)

^e ISTANBUL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^f KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^g ABANT IZZET BAYSAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^h JOANNEUM RESEARCH   (Austria)

ⁱ LULEÅ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^j UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

^k UNIVERSITÀ CATTOLICA DEL SACRO CUORE   (Italy)

^l UNIVERSITY OF BUCHAREST   (Romania)

^m AGH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

more..

Author keywords

Climate change; Ecology; Groundwater; Hydrology; Land use; Vulnerability

Indexed keywords

GROUND WATER;

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; GEOCHEMISTRY; GEOLOGY; LAGOON; LAKE; LAW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RIVER; SEASON; TEMPERATURE; WETLAND;

EID: 80052970135     PISSN: 14629011     EISSN: 18736416     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envsci.2011.04.002     Document Type: Article

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