The most acidified Austrian lake in comparison to a neutralized mining lake

Limnologica

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 303-315

  Moser, Michael ^a   Weisse, Thomas ^a  

^a ERICH SCHMID INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS SCIENCE   (Austria)

Author keywords

Acid mining lake; Biodiversity; Deep chlorophyll maximum; Langau; Meromixis; Neutralization; Phytoplankton; Zooplankton

Indexed keywords

ACID NEUTRALIZATION; ACID WATER; ACIDIFICATION; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FLOODING; LAKE WATER; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MINE DRAINAGE; PH; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; PHYTOPLANKTON; SPECIES DIVERSITY; WATER QUALITY; ZOOPLANKTON;

AUSTRIA;

ACTINOPHRYS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CEPHALODELLA; CHLAMYDOMONAS; CHLAMYDOMONAS ACIDOPHILA; CILIOPHORA; COPEPODA; DAPHNIIDAE; EUGLENIDA; HELIOZOA; LEPOCINCLIS BUETSCHLII; MASTIGOPHORA (FLAGELLATES); OCHROMONAS; OXYTRICHA; OXYTRICHA SP.; ROTIFERA;

EID: 79960192907     PISSN: 00759511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.limno.2011.01.002     Document Type: Article

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