Impact of climate change on freshwater ecosystems: a global-scale analysis of ecologically relevant river flow alterations
River flow regimes, including long-term average flows, seasonality, low flows, high flows and other types of flow variability, play an important role for freshwater ecosystems. Thus, climate change affects freshwater ecosystems not only by increased temperatures but also by altered river flow regime...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Copernicus Publications
2010-05-01
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| Series: | Hydrology and Earth System Sciences |
| Online Access: | http://www.hydrol-earth-syst-sci.net/14/783/2010/hess-14-783-2010.pdf |