Assessing climate change impacts on stream temperature in the Athabasca River Basin using SWAT equilibrium temperature model and its potential impacts on stream ecosystem

• Published in: The Science of the total environment Vol. 650; no. Pt 2; pp. 1872 - 1881
• Main Authors: Du, Xinzhong, Shrestha, Narayan Kumar, Wang, Junye
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Netherlands Elsevier B.V 10.02.2019
• Subjects: aquatic organisms; basins; Canada; chemical reactions; climate change; Climate change impact assessment; climate models; cold; cold zones; dissolved oxygen; ecosystems; Equilibrium temperature approach; evapotranspiration; meteorological parameters; prediction; Soil and Water Assessment Tool model; stream flow; Stream temperature modeling; streams; summer; water management; water quality; water temperature; watersheds; Canada; Equilibrium temperature approach; Stream temperature modeling; Climate change impact assessment

Stream temperatures, which influence dynamics and distributions of the aquatic species and kinetics of biochemical reactions, are expected to be altered by the climate change. Therefore, predicting the impacts of climate change on stream temperature is helpful for integrated water resources manageme...