Altitude-dependent differences in the primary physical response of mountain lakes to climatic forcing

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 1313-1325

  Livingstone, David M ^a   Lotter, André F ^b   Kettle, Helen ^c  

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

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTITUDE; LACUSTRINE ENVIRONMENT; SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

ALPS; CENTRAL EUROPE; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; SWITZERLAND; WORLD;

EID: 22844439000     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.2005.50.4.1313     Document Type: Article

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