Effect of climate change on environmental flow indicators in the Narew Basin, Poland

Journal of Environmental Quality

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 155-167

  Piniewski, Mikołaj ^a   Laizé, Cédric L R ^b   Acreman, Michael C ^b   Okruszko, Tomasz ^a   Schneider, Christof ^c  

^a WARSAW UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Poland)

^b CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KASSEL   (Germany)

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EID: 84894099404     PISSN: 00472425     EISSN: 15372537     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/jeq2011.0386     Document Type: Article

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