Current state of knowledge regarding the world's wetlands and their future under global climate change: A synthesis

Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 151-167

  Junk, Wolfgang J ^a   An, Shuqing ^b   Finlayson, C M ^c   Gopal, Brij ^d   Květ, Jan ^e,f   Mitchell, Stephen A ^g   Mitsch, William J ^h   Robarts, Richard D ⁱ  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MATO GROSSO   (Brazil)

^b NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d Centre for Inland Waters in South Asia   (India)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BOHEMIA   (Czech Republic)

^f INSTITUTE OF MATHEMATICS   (Czech Republic)

^g WATER RESEARCH COMMISSION   (South Africa)

^h OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁱ UNEP GEMS/WATER Programme c/o NWRI   (Canada)

Author keywords

Climate change; Distribution; Management; Threats; Wetlands

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; BUFFER ZONE; CARBON SINK; CLIMATE CHANGE; GLOBAL CHANGE; HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE; LAND RECLAMATION; ORGANIC CARBON; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SUSTAINABILITY; WETLAND; WETLAND MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84871937258     PISSN: 10151621     EISSN: 14209055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00027-012-0278-z     Document Type: Review

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