Paleolimnological evidence of the effects on lakes of energy and mass transfer from climate and humans

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 54, Issue 6 PART 2, 2009, Pages 2330-2348

  Leavitt, Peter R ^a   Fritz, S C ^b   Anderson, N J ^c   Baker, P A ^d   Blenckner, T ^e   Bunting, L ^a   Catalan, J ^f   Conley, D J ^g   Hobbs, W O ^b   Jeppesen, E ^h   Korhola, A ⁱ   McGowan, S ^j   Ruhland K ^k   Rusak, J A ^l,m   Simpson, G L ⁿ   Solovieva, N ⁿ   Werneo, J ^o  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGINA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA   (United States)

^c LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

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

^g LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^h AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^j UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^k QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^l UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^m ONTARIO MINISTRY OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (Canada)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^o UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA DULUTH   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE EFFECT; CLIMATE VARIATION; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; ENERGY FLUX; HUMAN ACTIVITY; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; MASS TRANSFER; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOLIMNOLOGY; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 75749084543     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.2009.54.6_part_2.2330     Document Type: Article

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