Chair Water Quality and Sustainable Water Systems

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Nature climate change publication “Climate change drives low dissolved oxygen and increased hypoxia rates in rivers worldwide” based on PhD project Duncan Graham (Vidi project)

Authors Duncan J. Graham, Marc F. P. Bierkens, Edward R. Jones, Edwin H. Sutanudjaja & Michelle T. H. van Vliet Abstract Increased water temperatures under climate change will probably cause decreases in dissolved oxygen and an associated increase in the number of days with hypoxia. This could have major consequences for freshwater ecosystems, but the extent of this threat remains…

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