Eutrophication of ancient Lake Ohrid: Global warming amplifies detrimental effects of increased nutrient inputs

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 338-353

  Matzinger, Andreas ^a   Schmid, Martin ^a   Veljanoska Sarafiloska, Elizabeta ^b   Patceva, Suzana ^b   Guseska, Dafina ^b   Wagner, Bernd ^c,d   Müller, Beat ^a   Sturm, Michael ^a   Wüest, Alfred ^a  

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

^b Hydrobiological Institute Ohrid   (Macedonia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^d LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR BALTIC SEA RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISSOLVED OXYGEN; EUTROPHICATION; GLOBAL WARMING; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; OLIGOTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; POLLUTION EFFECT;

EURASIA; EUROPE; LAKE OHRID; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 34250897864     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.2007.52.1.0338     Document Type: Article

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