Changes in tundra pond limnology: Re-sampling Alaskan ponds after 40 years

Ambio

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 589-599

  Lougheed, Vanessa L ^a   Butler, Malcolm G ^b   McEwen, Daniel C ^c   Hobbie, John E ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO   (United States)

^b NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MINNESOTA STATE UNIVERSITY MOORHEAD   (United States)

^d ECOSYSTEMS CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Algae; Arctic tundra ponds; Climate change; Nutrients; Plant communities; Species change; Temperature

Indexed keywords

FRESH WATER;

ALGAL COMMUNITY; ANNUAL VARIATION; ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ECOSYSTEM STRUCTURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; INSECT; LIMNOLOGY; MACROPHYTE; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; POND; RESEARCH WORK; SAMPLING; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TUNDRA; WATER COLUMN; WATER TEMPERATURE;

ANIMAL; ARCTIC; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEM; TEMPERATURE; TIME; UNITED STATES;

ALASKA; ANIMALS; ARCTIC REGIONS; BIOMASS; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEM; FRESH WATER; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS;

ALASKA; BARROW; UNITED STATES;

ALGAE; CHIRONOMIDAE;

EID: 80052517213     PISSN: 00447447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13280-011-0165-1     Document Type: Article

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