Sea level rise impacts on rice production: The Ebro Delta as an example

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 571, Issue , 2016, Pages 1200-1210

  Genua Olmedo, Ana ^a   Alcaraz, Carles ^a   Caiola, Nuno ^a   Ibáñez, Carles ^a  

^a IRTA Aquatic Ecosystems   (Spain)

Author keywords

Climate change; Deltas; High end scenarios; Rice production; Salinization; SLR

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; CLIMATE MODELS; CULTIVATION; ECONOMICS; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; RIVERS; SEA LEVEL; SOILS;

DELTAS; ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES; GENERALIZED LINEAR MODEL; HIGH-END SCENARIOS; INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGES; PREDICTIVE ABILITIES; RICE PRODUCTION; SALINIZATION;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; CROP PRODUCTION; CULTIVATION; PADDY FIELD; RICE; SALINITY; SALINIZATION; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SUSTAINABILITY;

AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; CLAY; CLIMATE CHANGE; CROP PRODUCTION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RICE; RIVER; SALINITY; SEA LEVEL RISE; SOIL PROPERTY; SOIL SALINITY; WATER FLOW; WINTER;

CATALONIA; EBRO DELTA; SPAIN; TARRAGONA [CATALONIA];

EID: 84989927468     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2016.07.136     Document Type: Article

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