The chemical and biological response of two remote mountain lakes in the Southern Central Alps (Italy) to twenty years of changing physical and chemical climate

Journal of Limnology

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 77-89

  Marchetto, Aldo ^a   Mosello, Rosario ^a   Rogora, Michela ^a   Manca, Marina ^a   Boggero, Angela ^a   Morabito, Giuseppe ^a   Musazzi, Simona ^a   Tartari, Gabriele A ^a   Nocentini, Anna M ^a   Pugnetti, Alessandra ^b   Bettinetti, Roberta ^c   Panzani, Pierisa ^a   Armiraglio, Michele ^a   Cammarano, Pierluigi ^a   Lami, Andrea ^a  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCES   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF INSUBRIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Acidification; Atmospheric deposition; Benthos; Diatoms; Plankton

Indexed keywords

ACIDIFICATION; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; BENTHOS; BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; DIATOM; LAKE WATER;

ARCTODIAPTOMUS; BACILLARIOPHYTA; CELLULAR ORGANISMS; HEXAPODA; INSECTA;

EID: 3543064383     PISSN: 11295767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4081/jlimnol.2004.77     Document Type: Article

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