Flow alteration impacts on Hudson Bay river discharge

• Published in: Hydrological Processes
• Main Authors: Dery, Stephen J., Stadnyk, Tricia A., MacDonald, Matthew K., Koenig, Kristina A., Guay, Catherine
• Format: Report
• Language: English
• Published: John Wiley and Sons, Ltd 2020
• Subjects: Climate Change; flow regulation; Hudson Bay; James Bay; Hydropower; pan-Arctic river discharge; streamflow; water resources; Arctic; Bay River; Canada; Hudson; Climate change
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/1993/34770; https://doi.org/10.1002/hyp.13285

This study explores flow regulation controls on daily river discharge variations and trends into Hudson Bay from four highly regulated and 17 moderately regulated/ unregulated systems over 1960–2016. These 21 rivers contribute ~70% of the total annual riverine freshwater export to Hudson Bay, with h...