The Norwegian reference lake ecosystem, Øvre Heimdalsvatn

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 642, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 5-12

  Brittain, John E ^a,b,c   Borgstrøm, Reidar ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^c NORWEGIAN WATER RESOURCES AND ENERGY DIRECTORATE   (Norway)

Author keywords

Alien species; Chernobyl fallout; Community development; Long range pollutants; Mountain lake; Time series

Indexed keywords

ALIEN SPECIES; CHERNOBYL FALLOUT; COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT; LONG-RANGE POLLUTANTS; MOUNTAIN LAKES;

CATCHMENTS; ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY; KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS; LAKES; LANDFORMS; MERCURY (METAL); NUCLEAR REACTOR ACCIDENTS; RADIOISOTOPES; REMOTE SENSING; RUNOFF; TIME SERIES;

FALLOUT;

CATCHMENT; CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT; COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT; CYPRINID; HUMAN ACTIVITY; INTRODUCED SPECIES; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; LONG-TERM CHANGE; RADIONUCLIDE; REMOTE SENSING; SALMONID; SUBALPINE ENVIRONMENT; TIME SERIES; ZOOPLANKTON;

ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY; LAKES; MERCURY; RADIOISOTOPES; REMOTE SENSING; RUNOFF; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION;

NORWAY; OPPLAND; OVRE HEIMDALSVATN;

PHOXINUS PHOXINUS; SALMO TRUTTA;

EID: 77949655916     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-010-0154-6     Document Type: Article

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