Descriptors of natural thermal regimes in streams and their responsiveness to change in the Pacific Northwest of North America

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 58, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 880-894

  Arismendi, Ivan ^a   Johnson, Sherri L ^b   Dunham, Jason B ^c   Haggerty, Roy ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PACIFIC NORTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^c FOREST AND RANGELAND ECOSYSTEM SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Coherence; Global warming; North American streams; Stream temperature; Synchrony; Trends

Indexed keywords

EID: 84876315849     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: 13652427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/fwb.12094     Document Type: Article

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