On the climate and weather of mountain and sub-arctic lakes in Europe and their susceptibility to future climate change

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 54, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 2433-2451

  Thompson, R ^a   Ventura, M ^b   Camarero, L ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRE D ESTUDIS AVANÇATS DE BLANES CEAB CSIC   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

EMERGE; Ice cover; Thermocline; Water temperature; Wet deposition

Indexed keywords

EID: 70449555351     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: 13652427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2427.2009.02236.x     Document Type: Article

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