Limnology of the crater lake cuicocha, ecuador, a cold water tropical lake

International Review of Hydrobiology

Volumn 94, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 103-125

  Gunkel, Günter ^a   Beulker, Camilla ^a  

^a TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Andes; Atelomixis; Caldera lake; Ecuador; Lake cuicocha; Travertine

Indexed keywords

ANDES; ATELOMIXIS; CALDERA LAKE; ECUADOR; TRAVERTINE;

BIODIVERSITY; CALCIUM; CARBON MONOXIDE; DISSOLUTION; ENGINEERING GEOLOGY; LIMESTONE; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); VOLCANOES; WEATHERING;

LAKES;

BIODIVERSITY; CALCIUM; CALDERA; CARBON DIOXIDE; CHEMICAL WEATHERING; DISSOLUTION; HYDROTHERMAL FLUID; HYPOLIMNION; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; LIMNOLOGY; MACROPHYTE; OLIGOTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; PHYTOPLANKTON; SUBMERGED VEGETATION; TRAVERTINE; VOLCANISM; WATER CHEMISTRY; ZOOPLANKTON;

ANDES; CUICOCHA LAKE; ECUADOR; IMBABURA; SOUTH AMERICA;

TYPHA DOMINGENSIS;

EID: 63849097299     PISSN: 14342944     EISSN: 15222632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/iroh.200811071     Document Type: Article

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