Catchments on the cusp? Structural and functional change in northern ecohydrology.

The article examines the implications of changes in the annual water balance and seasonal streamflow distribution for water quality and in-stream ecology in northern regions. An overview of how hydrological processes in northern catchments will be affected by changes in magnitude, timing and phase of precipitation, along with changing temperatures is presented. It describes the role of vegetation in the dynamics of change in water balance in catchments using the Budyko model.