Using Temporal Coherence to determine the response to climate change in boreal shield lakes

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 88, Issue 1-3, 2003, Pages 365-388

  Arnott, Shelley E ^a   Keller, Bill ^b   Dillon, Peter J ^c   Yan, Norman ^d   Paterson, Michael ^e   Findlay, David ^e  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b ONTARIO MINISTRY OF THE ENVIRONMENT   (Canada)

^c TRENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e FRESHWATER INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Climate change; Long term data; Multiple stressors; Phytoplankton; Regional drivers; Synchrony; Temporal coherence; Zooplankton

Indexed keywords

DATABASE SYSTEMS; ECOSYSTEMS; LAKES; PH; TEMPERATURE;

PLANKTON;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; LAKE WATER; PH; WATER CHEMISTRY;

ACIDIFICATION; AIR TEMPERATURE; ANALYTIC METHOD; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; COLD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; DROUGHT; EL NINO; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; LAKE; NONHUMAN; PH; PHYTOPLANKTON; PLANKTON; POLICY; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; PREDICTION; REVIEW; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURFACE PROPERTY; TIME; WARMING; WATER TEMPERATURE; ZOOPLANKTON;

ANIMALS; CANADA; CLIMATE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; PHYTOPLANKTON; POPULATION DYNAMICS; TEMPERATURE; WATER; ZOOPLANKTON;

CANADA;

CELLULAR ORGANISMS;

EID: 0141503171     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1025537628078     Document Type: Review

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