Climate Change Impacts on the Hydrology and Biogeochemistry of Arctic Rivers

Climatic Change and Global Warming of Inland Waters: Impacts and Mitigation for Ecosystems and Societies

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 1-26

  Holmes, Robert M ^a   Coe, Michael T ^a   Fiske, Greg J ^a   Gurtovaya, Tatiana ^b   McClelland, James W ^c   Shiklomanov, Alexander I ^d   Spencer, Robert G M ^a   Tank, Suzanne E ^e   Zhulidov, Alexander V ^b  

^a WOODS HOLE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b South Russia Centre for Preparation and Implementation of International Projects   (Russian Federation)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^e YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Arctic river biogeochemistry; Arctic river discharge; Observed increases in river discharge; Pan Arctic watershed; River discharge chemistry change; The Mackenzie River; The PARTNERS Project; Time series for water chemistry

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; RIVERS;

ARCTIC RIVERS; PAN-ARCTIC; RIVER DISCHARGE; THE PARTNERS PROJECT; WATER CHEMISTRY;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

EID: 84886696898     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781118470596.ch1     Document Type: Chapter

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