Impacts of hydropower and climate change on drivers of ecological productivity of Southeast Asia's most important wetland

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 272, Issue , 2014, Pages 252-263

  Arias, Mauricio E ^a   Cochrane, Thomas A ^a   Kummu, Matti ^b   Lauri, Hannu ^c   Holtgrieve, Gordon W ^d   Koponen, Jorma ^c   Piman, Thanapon ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^b AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^c Ymparistovaikutusten Arviointikeskus Oy   (Finland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^e Climate Change and Adaptation Initiative Mekong River Commission   (Laos)

Author keywords

Flood pulse hydrology; Floodplain ecology; Mekong; Net primary production; Tonle Sap; Tropical wetland

Indexed keywords

FLOOD PLAINS; MEKONG; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTION; TONLE SAPS; TROPICAL WETLAND;

BANKS (BODIES OF WATER); CLIMATE CHANGE; FLOODS; HYDROELECTRIC POWER; THREE DIMENSIONAL; WATER LEVELS; WETLANDS;

ECOSYSTEMS;

CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; FLOODPLAIN; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HYDROELECTRIC POWER; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTION; WETLAND;

CAMBODIA; MEKONG VALLEY; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

EID: 84887381868     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2013.10.015     Document Type: Article

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