Water quantity as a driver of change in the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence River Basin

Journal of Great Lakes Research

Volumn 41, Issue S1, 2015, Pages 84-95

  Maghrebi, Mahdi ^a   Nalley, Deasy ^b   Laurent, Katrina L ^c   Atkinson, Joseph F ^a  

^a the State University of New York   (United States)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anthropogenic activities; Future scenarios; Natural factors; Water levels; Water quantity

Indexed keywords

EVAPORATION; FLOOD CONTROL; LAKES; RUNOFF; WATER LEVELS; WATER SUPPLY; WATERSHEDS;

ANTHROPOGENIC ACTIVITY; FUTURE SCENARIOS; GREAT LAKES BASIN; LAKE EVAPORATION; NATURAL FACTORS; ST. LAWRENCE RIVER; WATER DIVERSIONS; WATER QUANTITIES;

RIVER BASIN PROJECTS;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; EVAPORATION; HUMAN ACTIVITY; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RUNOFF; WATER LEVEL;

SAINT LAWRENCE BASIN;

EID: 84924082693     PISSN: 03801330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jglr.2014.12.005     Document Type: Article

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