Evolution towards meromixis of Lake Iseo (Northern Italy) as revealed by its stability trend

Journal of Limnology

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 1-11

  Ambrosetti, Walter ^a   Barbanti, Luigi ^a  

^a CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Conductivity; Deep lake; Ionic composition; Meromictic lake; Oxygen; Thermal chemical total stability; Vertical mixing

Indexed keywords

MEROMICTIC LAKE; VERTICAL MIXING;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; LAKE ISEO; LOMBARDY; SOUTHERN EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 23044515915     PISSN: 11295767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4081/jlimnol.2005.1     Document Type: Article

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