Major changes in trophic dynamics in large, deep sub-alpine Lake Maggiore from 1940s to 2002: A high resolution comparative palaeo-neolimnological study

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 52, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 2256-2269

  Manca, Marina ^a   Torretta, Barbara ^a   Comoli, Patrizia ^a   Amsinck, Susanne L ^b   Jeppesen, Erik ^b  

^a CNR Institute of Ecosystem Study   (Italy)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Cladocera; Climate; Palaeo neolimnology; Predation; Trophy

Indexed keywords

BOSMINIDAE; BYTHOTREPHES; CHYDORUS SPHAERICUS; CLADOCERA; DAPHNIA; EUBOSMINA; INVERTEBRATA; PISCES;

EID: 34548395571     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: 13652427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2427.2007.01827.x     Document Type: Article

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