Climate-induced input of turbid glacial meltwater affects vertical distribution and community composition of phyto- and zooplankton

Journal of Plankton Research

Volumn 33, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1239-1248

  Hylander, Samuel ^a   Jephson, Therese ^a   Lebret, Karen ^a   Von Einem, Jessica ^a   Fagerberg, Tony ^a   Balseiro, Esteban ^b   Modenutti, Beatriz ^b   Souza, María Sol ^b   Laspoumaderes, Cecilia ^b   Jönsson, Mikael ^a   Ljungberg, Peter ^a   Nicolle, Alice ^a   Nilsson, Per Anders ^a   Ranäker, Lynn ^a   Hansson, Lars Anders ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DEL COMAHUE   (Argentina)

Author keywords

community composition; glacier melting; PAR; phytoplankton; transparency; UVR; vertical migration; zooplankton

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; CHLOROPHYLL A; CLIMATE EFFECT; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; CYANOBACTERIUM; FOOD WEB; GLOBAL WARMING; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; MELTWATER; PHOTOSYNTHETICALLY ACTIVE RADIATION; PHYTOPLANKTON; TRANSPARENCY; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION; VERTICAL MIGRATION; ZOOPLANKTON;

CHRYSOCHROMULINA PARVA; COPEPODA;

EID: 79960376144     PISSN: 01427873     EISSN: 14643774     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/plankt/fbr025     Document Type: Article

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