Temporal scales of water-level fluctuations in lakes and their ecological implications

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 613, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 85-96

  Hofmann, Hilmar ^a   Lorke, Andreas ^a   Peeters, Frank ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Habitat conditions; Littoral zone; Remobilisation of particles; Shore formation; Water level fluctuation; Waves

Indexed keywords

FLUID DYNAMICS; FLUID MECHANICS; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; LAKES; OCEAN HABITATS; SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SURFACE WAVES;

BIOTIC CONDITIONS; CASPIAN SEA; DIFFERENT TIME SCALES; HABITAT CONDITIONS; HYDRODYNAMIC PROCESSES; HYDROLOGICAL PROCESSES; INORGANIC PARTICLES; LAKE CONSTANCE; LAKE LEVELS; LITTORAL ZONE; LITTORAL ZONES; LONG TIME; PHYSICAL STRESS; REMOBILISATION OF PARTICLES; SEDIMENT GRAIN SIZES; SEDIMENT LAYERING; SHORE FORMATION; TEMPORAL SCALING; TERRESTRIAL HABITATS; WATER BUDGETS; WATER-LEVEL FLUCTUATION; WATER-LEVEL FLUCTUATIONS; WAVES;

ECOLOGY;

CLIMATE CONDITIONS; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; GRAIN SIZE; HYDRODYNAMICS; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; LAKE LEVEL; SHORELINE; TEMPORAL VARIATION; WATER BUDGET;

ASIA; BODENSEE; CASPIAN SEA; CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; KYRGYZSTAN; LAKE YSYK-KOL; TIEN SHAN; WEST ASIA; YSYK-KOL;

EID: 49549104240     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-008-9474-1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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