Overview: Up to date and broad topical coverage of global change effects on river ecosystems.Integrated perspective on climate and land use change.Relevance of global change and water issues for science- and po.Rivers around the world are threatened by changes in land use, climate, hydrologic cycles, and biodiversity. Global changes in rivers include, but are not restricted to water flow interruptions, temperature increases, loss of hydrological connectivity, altered water residence times, changes in nutrient loads, increasing arrival of new chemicals, simplification of the physical structure
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