Seasonal ecosystem variability in remote mountain lakes: Implications for detecting climatic signals in sediment records

Journal of Paleolimnology

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 25-46

  Catalan, J ^a,o   Ventura, M ^a   Brancelj, A ^b   Granados, I ^c   Thies, H ^d   Nickus, U ^e   Korhola, A ^f   Lotter, A F ^g   Barbieri, A ^h   Stuchlik E ⁱ   Lien, L ^j   Bitusik P ^k   Buchaca, T ^a   Camarero, L ^a   Goudsmit, G H ^l   Kopacek J ^m   Lemcke, G ^l   Livingstone, D M ^l   Muller B ^l   Rautio, M ^f   Sisko M ^b   Sorvari, S ^f   Sporka F ⁿ   Strunecky O ⁱ   Toro, M ^c   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF BIOLOGY   (Slovenia)

^c UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^d INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

^e UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^f UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^g Laboratory of Palaeobotany and Palynology   (Netherlands)

^h Laboratorio Studi Ambientali   (Switzerland)

ⁱ CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^j NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR WATER RESEARCH   (Norway)

^k TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY IN ZVOLEN   (Slovakia)

^l SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^m AS CR   (Czech Republic)

ⁿ INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Slovakia)

^o CENTRE D ESTUDIS AVANÇATS DE BLANES CEAB CSIC   (Spain)

more..

Author keywords

Alpine lakes; Chlorophyll; Major chemicals; Nutrients; Oxygen; Thermal regime

Indexed keywords

LAKE ECOSYSTEM; MOUNTAIN ENVIRONMENT; PALEOCLIMATE; SEASONAL VARIATION;

EUROPE;

CHRYSOPHYCEAE;

EID: 0036592335     PISSN: 09212728     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1020315817235     Document Type: Article

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