Global climate change and freshwater ecosystems

Book · Wed Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1992

OSTI ID:6201038

Firth, P; Fisher, S G ^[1]

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1. eds.

This book is based on a symposium held in May 1990, sponsored by NASA, US EPA, and the North American Benthological Society. It focuses on the potential interactions between climate change and freshwater ecosystems. The assumption of global warming 2-5 degrees occurring in the next century was presented to the authors by the editors, and each author was asked to comment on how this warming might affect their particular system or process of interest. The book deals primarily with streams in the USA. Other chapters deal with the following topics: mechanisms driving global climate change; remote sensing; wetlands; lakes; general issues related to water resources and regional studies as they apply to flowing water.

• OSTI ID: 6201038
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
540120 -- Environment
Atmospheric-- Chemicals Monitoring & Transport-- (1990-)
540320* -- Environment
Aquatic-- Chemicals Monitoring & Transport-- (1990-)
560400 -- Other Environmental Pollutant Effects
63 RADIATION, THERMAL, AND OTHER ENVIRON. POLLUTANT EFFECTS ON LIVING ORGS. AND BIOL. MAT.
AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS
CLIMATIC CHANGE
DEVELOPED COUNTRIES
ECOSYSTEMS
ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS
FRESH WATER
GLOBAL ASPECTS
GREENHOUSE EFFECT
HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS
LAKES
NASA
NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
NORTH AMERICA
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
REMOTE SENSING
RESOURCES
STREAMS
SURFACE WATERS
US EPA
US ORGANIZATIONS
USA
WATER
WATER RESOURCES
WETLANDS