Hydroclimate-driven changes in the landscape structure of the terminal lakes and wetlands of the China’s Heihe River Basin

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 187, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Xiao, Shengchun ^a   Xiao, Honglang ^a   Peng, Xiaomei ^a   Song, Xiang ^a  

^a Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

Author keywords

Driving mechanism; Heihe River; Hydroclimate; Landscape structure; Terminal lakes and wetlands

Indexed keywords

GROUNDWATER; LAKES; REMOTE SENSING; RIVERS; WATERSHEDS; WETLANDS;

DRIVING MECHANISM; HEIHE RIVER; HYDROCLIMATE; LANDSCAPE STRUCTURES; TERMINAL LAKES;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

GROUND WATER; RUNOFF;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; HUMAN ACTIVITY; LACUSTRINE ENVIRONMENT; LANDSCAPE CHANGE; LANDSCAPE STRUCTURE; RIVER BASIN; WATER BUDGET; WETLAND;

ALKALINITY; ARTICLE; CHINA; CLIMATE; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; GRASSLAND; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; HYDROCLIMATE; LAKE; LANDSCAPE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REMOTE SENSING; RIVER BASIN; SALINITY; SEASONAL VARIATION; WETLAND; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; HUMAN; RIVER; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; WATER FLOW; WATER SUPPLY;

CHINA; GANSU; HEI RIVER;

CHINA; CLIMATE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GROUNDWATER; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; HUMANS; LAKES; RIVERS; WATER MOVEMENTS; WATER SUPPLY; WETLANDS;

EID: 84957410340     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-014-4091-0     Document Type: Article

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