Increasing synchrony of high temperature and low flow in western North American streams: Double trouble for coldwater biota?

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 712, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 61-70

  Arismendi, Ivan ^a   Safeeq, Mohammad ^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

Climate change; Freshwater ecosystems; Hydroclimatology; Hydrology; Temperature

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC ORGANISM; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; HIGH TEMPERATURE; HYDROLOGY; HYDROMETEOROLOGY; LOW FLOW; MOUNTAIN REGION; PEAK FLOW; STREAM; SYNCHRONY; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 84877598412     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-012-1327-2     Document Type: Article

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