Potential impacts of climate change on reservoir services and management approaches

Lake and Reservoir Management

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 13-26

  Yasarer, Lindsey M W ^a   Sturm, Belinda S M ^a  

^a University of Kansas   (United States)

Author keywords

climate change; reservoir management; reservoir services

Indexed keywords

EID: 84961114772     PISSN: 10402381     EISSN: 21515530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10402381.2015.1107665     Document Type: Article

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