Projected flow alteration and ecological risk for pan-European rivers

River Research and Applications

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 299-314

  Laize C L R ^a,c   Acreman, M C ^a   Schneider, C ^b   Dunbar, M J ^a   Houghton Carr, H A ^a   Florke M ^b   Hannah, D M ^c  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KASSEL   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Climate change; Ecohydrology; Ecological risk; Europe; Flow alteration; Hydroecology; River ecosystem; Socio economic change

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; ECOHYDROLOGY; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; FLOW MODELING; HYDROLOGICAL REGIME; RIVER FLOW; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS;

EUROPE;

EID: 84896715044     PISSN: 15351459     EISSN: 15351467     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/rra.2645     Document Type: Article

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