Observed climate change in Australian marine and freshwater environments

Marine and Freshwater Research

Volumn 62, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 984-999

  Lough, Janice M ^a   Hobday, Alistair J ^b  

^a AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

rainfall; temperature

Indexed keywords

ACIDITY; AIR TEMPERATURE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; EVAPORATION; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; GLOBAL CLIMATE; GREENHOUSE GAS; HUMAN ACTIVITY; HYDROLOGICAL REGIME; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MELTING; MONITORING SYSTEM; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; RAINFALL; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; THERMAL EXPANSION; TREND ANALYSIS; WARMING; WATER TEMPERATURE;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 80053109910     PISSN: 13231650     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/MF10272     Document Type: Article

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