Climate change impacts on the availability of water resources. Projection of hydrological response to temperature change is valuable for water management. Such response may be complex and uncertain at the watershed scale and differences may exist between low and high latitudes. A simulation experiment was achieved by using SWAT modelling in the upstream watershed of Dongjiang River, South China. After calibration, the model was found appropriate for hydrological simulation in the study area and was run from 1995 to 2004 under a series of temperature change scenarios to reveal the response of streamflow and loads of sediment and nutrients. For a temperature increase of 3• C, streamflow, sediment and total phosphorus decreased by 5.2, 7.7 and 2.2%, respectively. Linear temperature change seemed to have a linear hydrological response. Nutrient deficiency was still the primary vegetation stress compared with water availability and temperature stress under rising temperatures. Comparison with previous research showed that two southern subtropical watersheds (one upstream and one downstream) gave different hydrological responses. Sediment and inorganic nitrogen loads decreased in the upstream watershed, but increased in the downstream one, when temperature increased. Under the warming scenarios, streamflow and sediment loads decreased throughout the year, especially during the wet season, which is different from results at high latitudes. Nutrient export decreased in April-June, but increased in the remaining months. Simulation results should be applied with caution in water resources management, as simulated climate change had variable hydrological influence in different regions and seasons.Key words temperature change; southern subtropics; streamflow; sediment; nutrient loading; SWAT Effets divers des modifications de température sur le débit et la pollution diffuse dans les régions subtropicales de Chine méridionale par simulation SWAT Résumé Effets du changement climatique sur la disponibilité des ressources en eau. Anticiper les effets hydrologiques des changements de température est utile pour la gestion de l'eau. Une telle réponse peut être complexe et incertaine à l'échelle des bassins versants et il peut exister des différences entre les basses et les hautes latitudes. Une expérience de simulation a été réalisée par une modélisation SWAT de l'amont du bassin versant de la rivière Dongjiang, en Chine méridionale. Après calage, le modèle a été jugé approprié pour la simulation hydrologique dans la zone d'étude, et a on l'a fait tourner de 1995 à 2004 pour une série de scénarios de changement de température afin de déterminer la réponse de l'écoulement et des charges de sédiments et de nutriments. Lorsque la température a été augmentée de 3• C, les débits, les sédiments et le phosphore total ont respectivement diminué de 5,2, 7,7 et 2,2 %. Un changement de température linéaire semble avoir une réponse hydrologique linéaire. La carence en éléments nutritifs s'est révélée être le principal stress pour la ...
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