The effect of the exceptionally mild European winter of 2006-2007 on temperature and oxygen profiles in lakes in Switzerland: A foretaste of the future?

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 2170-2180

  Rempfer, Johannes ^a,b,e   Livingstone, David M ^a   Blodau, Christian ^b   Forster, Richard ^c,f   Niederhauser, Pius ^d   Kipfer, Rolf ^a  

^a SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

^c Wasserversorgung Zurich   (Switzerland)

^d Amt für Abfall Wasser Energie und Luft des Kantons Zürich ^*  (Switzerland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^f UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; CYCLONE; DATA SET; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; EPILIMNION; HYPOLIMNION; LACUSTRINE ENVIRONMENT; MIXED LAYER; TEMPERATURE PROFILE; WARMING; WATER COLUMN; WATER TEMPERATURE;

GREIFENSEE; SWITZERLAND; ZURICH [SWITZERLAND]; ZURICHSEE;

EID: 77958075459     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.2010.55.5.2170     Document Type: Article

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