Temperature dependence of stream benthic respiration in an Alpine river network under global warming

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 53, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 2076-2088

  Acuna V ^a   Wolf, A ^a,b   Uehlinger, U ^a   Tockner, K ^a,c  

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

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aquatic ecosystems; Global warming; Metabolism; Thur River; Water temperature

Indexed keywords

EID: 51249111495     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: 13652427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2427.2008.02028.x     Document Type: Article

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