Extreme events in running waters

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 60, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 2455-2460

  Ledger, Mark E ^a   Milner, Alexander M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Climate change; Extreme climatic events; Fresh waters; Global change; Rivers and streams

Indexed keywords

EID: 84945944032     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: 13652427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/fwb.12673     Document Type: Article

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