An extension of the floodpulse concept (FPC) for lakes

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 613, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 151-170

  Wantzen, Karl M ^a   Junk, Wolfgang J ^b   Rothhaupt, Karl Otto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ecological concept; Ecosystem theory; Flood pulse; Lake; Water level fluctuations

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEMS; FLOODS; WATER LEVELS;

BIODIVERSITY PATTERNS; CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORKS; ECOLOGICAL CONCEPTS; ECOLOGICAL FUNCTIONING; ECOSYSTEM THEORY; FLOOD PULSE; WATER-LEVEL FLUCTUATION;

LAKES;

BIODIVERSITY; CATCHMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; FLOOD; FLOODING; LAKE; WATER LEVEL;

EID: 49549108939     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-008-9480-3     Document Type: Conference Paper

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