Sensitivity of high-latitude freshwater ecosystems to global change: Temperature and solar ultraviolet radiation

Geoscience Canada

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 231-236

  Vincent, Warwick F ^a,b   Pienitz, Reinhard ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b CENTRE D ÉTUDES NORDIQUES   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; GLOBAL CHANGE; LIMNOLOGY; PALAEOCLIMNOLOGY; PALAEOLIMNOLOGY; TEMPERATURE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

CANADA;

EID: 0030322473     PISSN: 03150941     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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