%0 Journal Article %J Rapport Commission internationale Mer Méditerranée %D 2007 %T Impacts of climate change on the fresh water fluxes to the Mediterranean Sea: case study of a coastal rivers in Languedoc-Roussillon area (South-East of France) %A F. Lespinas %A W. Ludwig %A S. Heussner %K changement climatique %K climate %K climate change %K flux d'eau douce %K France %K fresh water flux %K impact %K Languedoc-Roussillon %K Mediterranean sea %K Mer Méditerranée %K temperature %V 38 %X

Languedoc-Roussillon area experimented a high temperature increase during the spring and summer seasons for the period 1965-2004, but no clear evolution for the precipitation. Increase of the associated water loss by evaporation explains partly the general decrease of discharge in the rivers limited to this area and therefore their contribution less important to the fresh water fluxes to the Mediterranean Sea.