State of the world's freshwater ecosystems: Physical, chemical, and biological changes

Annual Review of Environment and Resources

Volumn 36, Issue , 2011, Pages 75-99

  Carpenter, Stephen R ^a   Stanley, Emily H ^a   Vander Zanden, M Jake ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

aquatic invasive species; climate change; ecosystem services; freshwater biogeochemistry; land use change; natural capital

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC INVASIVE SPECIES; ECOSYSTEM SERVICES; FRESHWATER BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; LAND-USE CHANGE; NATURAL CAPITAL;

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; FORESTRY; LAKES; LAND USE; POTABLE WATER; RESERVOIRS (WATER); WATER TREATMENT;

ECOSYSTEMS;

DRINKING WATER; ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY; LAKES; LAND USE; RESERVOIRS; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; WATER TREATMENT;

EID: 80155175014     PISSN: 15435938     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-environ-021810-094524     Document Type: Article

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