Multiple anthropogenic stressors cause ecological surprises in boreal lakes

Global Change Biology

Volumn 12, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 2316-2322

  Christensen, Michael R ^a   Graham, Mark D ^a   Vinebrooke, Rolf D ^a   Findlay, David L ^b   Paterson, Michael J ^b   Turner, Michael A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b FRESHWATER INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acidification; Boreal lakes; Climate warming; Drought; Global change; Nonadditive effects; Phytoplankton; Zooplankton

Indexed keywords

ACIDIFICATION; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIOMASS; GLOBAL CHANGE; GLOBAL WARMING; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; PHYTOPLANKTON; ZOOPLANKTON;

EID: 33845251363     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2006.01257.x     Document Type: Article

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