The effects of climate change on ecologically-relevant flow regime and water quality attributes

Stochastic Environmental Research and Risk Assessment

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 67-82

  Dyer, Fiona ^a   ElSawah, Sondoss ^b,c   Croke, Barry ^b,c,d   Griffiths, Rachael ^b   Harrison, Evan ^a   Lucena Moya, Paloma ^a   Jakeman, Anthony ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANBERRA   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c NATIONAL CENTRE FOR GROUNDWATER RESEARCH AND TRAINING   (Australia)

^d AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bayesian network; Climate change; Flow regime alteration; Freshwater ecology; Indices of hydrological alteration; Water quality

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS; BAYESIAN NETWORKS; CATCHMENTS; ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS; RIVERS; RUNOFF; WATER QUALITY;

CLIMATE CHANGE PROJECTIONS; CLIMATE CHANGE SCENARIOS; ECOSYSTEM PROTECTION; FLOW REGIMES; HYDROLOGICAL ALTERATIONS; HYDROLOGICAL INDICATORS; MURRUMBIDGEE RIVER CATCHMENT; SOUTH-EASTERN AUSTRALIA;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM; BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; ECOHYDROLOGY; HYDROLOGICAL CHANGE; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; HYDROLOGICAL REGIME; NETWORK ANALYSIS; STREAMFLOW; WATER QUALITY;

AUSTRALIA; MURRUMBIDGEE RIVER; NEW SOUTH WALES;

EID: 84889099426     PISSN: 14363240     EISSN: 14363259     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00477-013-0744-8     Document Type: Article

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