Lakes and reservoirs as sentinels, integrators, and regulators of climate change

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 54, Issue 6 PART 2, 2009, Pages 2273-2282

  Williamson, Craig E ^a   Saros, Jasmine E ^b   Vincent, Warwick F ^c   Smol, John P ^d  

^a MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

^c CENTRE D ÉTUDES NORDIQUES   (Canada)

^d QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ANALYSIS; CARBON CYCLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; FUTURE PROSPECT; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; POLICY MAKING; RESERVOIR; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 77956241535     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.2009.54.6_part_2.2273     Document Type: Article

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