Impacts of climate change on hydrology and water quality: Future proofing management strategies in the Lake Simcoe watershed, Canada

Journal of Great Lakes Research

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 19-32

  Crossman, J ^a,b   Futter, M N ^b,c   Oni, S K ^c   Whitehead, P G ^a   Jin, L ^d   Butterfield, D ^e   Baulch, H M ^f   Dillon, P J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b TRENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^d STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^e EnMoSys   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Climate change; Hydrology; Management; Phosphorus; Water quality

Indexed keywords

BANK EROSION; BLACK RIVER; BUFFER STRIP; CATCHMENT MANAGEMENT; CLIMATIC IMPACT; FLOW REGIMES; GLOBAL CIRCULATION MODEL; LAKE SIMCOE; MANAGEMENT PLANS; MANAGEMENT SCENARIOS; MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES; MITIGATION STRATEGY; SEWAGE TREATMENT WORKS; SNOWMELT; SUMMER TEMPERATURE; WINTER PRECIPITATION;

CATCHMENTS; CLIMATE CHANGE; DATA INTEGRATION; HYDROLOGY; LASERS; MANAGEMENT; PHOSPHORUS; RIVERS; SEWAGE TREATMENT; SNOW MELTING SYSTEMS; WATER QUALITY;

LAKES;

CATCHMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; DATA SET; EROSION CONTROL; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; FLOW PATTERN; FUTURE PROSPECT; HYDROLOGICAL CHANGE; INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGE; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; MITIGATION; PHOSPHORUS; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SEWAGE TREATMENT; SNOWMELT; TWENTY FIRST CENTURY; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHED;

BLACK RIVER [ONTARIO]; CANADA; LAKE SIMCOE; ONTARIO [CANADA];

HEPATITIS B VIRUS;

EID: 84873748122     PISSN: 03801330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jglr.2012.11.003     Document Type: Article

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