Climate change impacts on groundwater and dependent ecosystems

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 518, Issue PB, 2014, Pages 250-266

  Kløve, Bjørn ^a,b   Ala Aho, Pertti ^a   Bertrand, Guillaume ^c   Gurdak, Jason J ^d   Kupfersberger, Hans ^e   Kværner, Jens ^b   Muotka, Timo ^a   Mykrä, Heikki ^a   Preda, Elena ^f   Rossi, Pekka ^a   Uvo, Cintia Bertacchi ^g   Velasco, Elzie ^d   Pulido Velazquez, Manuel ^h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF BIOECONOMY RESEARCH   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^d SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e JOANNEUM RESEARCH   (Austria)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BUCHAREST   (Romania)

^g LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^h UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Climate; Ecosystems; Global change; Groundwater; Land use; Management

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS; AQUIFERS; BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEMS; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDROGEOLOGY; IRRIGATION; LAND USE; MANAGEMENT; SURFACE WATERS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ANTHROPOGENIC INFLUENCE; CLIMATE; CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACT; GLOBAL CHANGE; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT; GROUNDWATER-DEPENDENT ECOSYSTEMS; SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS;

CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEMS;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; AQUIFER; BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; GLOBAL CLIMATE; GROUNDWATER RESOURCE; HYDROMETEOROLOGY; LAND USE CHANGE; WATER MANAGEMENT; AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; GROUNDWATER; IRRIGATION SYSTEM; NUMERICAL MODEL; PRESSURE EFFECT; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEM; WATER RESOURCE;

EID: 84907381608     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2013.06.037     Document Type: Article

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