Predicting the potential long-term influence of climate change on vendace (Coregonus albula) habitat in Bassenthwaite Lake, U.K.

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 395-405

  Elliott, J Alex ^a   Bell, Victoria A ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Climate change; Dissolved oxygen; Phytoplankton; PROTECH

Indexed keywords

COREGONUS ALBULA;

EID: 78650928726     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: 13652427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2427.2010.02506.x     Document Type: Article

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