Fish, Nepal
Glacier melt inputs to rivers can affect the ecosystems in a number of ways, including habitat changes such as stream temperatures, sediment concentrations, water chemistry and nutrient availability, or through the release of pollutants deposited and stored in the glaciers over many years, impacting fish and other organisms in glacier-fed systems.
Year: 2012
From album: Glacial melt in the Hindu Kush-Himalayas
Photographer: Lawrence Hislop