Small Weirs, Big Effects: Disruption of Water Temperature Regimes with Hydrological Alteration in a Mediterranean Stream

River Research and Applications

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 309-319

  Bae, M J ^a   Merciai, R ^a   Benejam, L ^a,b   Sabater, S ^a   Garcia Berthou E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GIRONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIC CENTRAL UNIVERSITY OF CATALONIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Air water temperature relationship; Thermal regime; Wastewater treatment plants; Weirs

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; HYDROLOGICAL CHANGE; STREAM; STREAMFLOW; THERMAL REGIME; WASTEWATER; WATER TEMPERATURE; WATER TREATMENT; WEIR;

MEDITERRANEAN REGION;

EID: 84959371139     PISSN: 15351459     EISSN: 15351467     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/rra.2871     Document Type: Article

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