Detecting stress at the whole-ecosystem level: The case of a mountain lake (Lake Santo, Italy)

Ecosystems

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 768-787

  Bondavalli, Cristina ^a   Bodini, Antonio ^a   Rossetti, Giampaolo ^a   Allesina, Stefano ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecosystem development; Lake ecosystem; Network analysis; Nutrient cycling; Stressed ecosystem; System level trends; Trophic analysis

Indexed keywords

DETECTION METHOD; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; NATURE CONSERVATION; NETWORK ANALYSIS; OLIGOTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; RIVER POLLUTION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STRESS; TOURISM DEVELOPMENT;

EMILIA-ROMAGNA; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; LAKE SANTO; PARMA [EMILIA-ROMAGNA]; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 33749123247     PISSN: 14329840     EISSN: 14350629     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10021-005-0065-y     Document Type: Article

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