Historical changes in Arctic freshwater ecosystems

Ambio

Volumn 35, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 339-346

  Prowse, Terry D ^a   Wrona, Frederick J ^a   Reist, James D ^b   Gibson, John J ^a   Hobbie, John E ^c   Lévesque, Lucie M J ^d   Vincent, Warwick F ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^b FISHERIES AND OCEANS CANADA   (Canada)

^c ECOSYSTEMS CENTER   (United States)

^d ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^e CENTRE D ÉTUDES NORDIQUES   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FRESH WATER;

ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; CLIMATE VARIATION; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; HISTORICAL ECOLOGY; HOLOCENE; PALEOCLIMATE; PLEISTOCENE; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; STRATIFICATION;

ANIMAL; ARCTIC; COLD CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; HISTORY; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; ARCTIC REGIONS; COLD CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM; FRESH WATER; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; HISTORY, ANCIENT;

ARCTIC;

EID: 33845920828     PISSN: 00447447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1579/0044-7447(2006)35[339:HCIAFE]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Review

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