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Strategic Planning for Water Rights Acquisitions in the Columbia Basin: an Assessment of Regional Streamflow Response to Climate Change

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Title Strategic Planning for Water Rights Acquisitions in the Columbia Basin: an Assessment of Regional Streamflow Response to Climate Change
 
Creator Donley, Erin
 
Subject Columbia River
stream flow
water rights
watersheds
ecosystem services
land use planning
Salmonidae
aquatic habitat
habitat conservation
hydrology
General Circulation Models
simulation models
drought
water
climate change
 
Description The Columbia River Basin provides numerous water-ecosystem services through its natural flow regime. Wildlife in the basin, including salmon, are evolutionarily adapted to changes in the seasonality of the river’s flow. The quality, quantity and timing of flow directly influence the productivity and resilience of salmon populations. Although salmon can adapt to some natural drought conditions, cumulative human impacts over the last century, including flow diversions for irrigation and...
 
Publisher University of Washington Water Center
 
Date 2011-04-26T23:45:20Z
2011-04-26T23:45:20Z
2010-02-17
 
Type Presentation
Recording, oral
 
Identifier http://hdl.handle.net/1773/16525
 
Language en_US
 
Relation 2010 Annual Review of Research;Donley
 
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