Eutrophication and restoration of shallow lakes from a cold temperate to a warm mediterranean and a (Sub)tropical climate

Eutrophication: Causes, Consequences and Control

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 91-108

  Beklioglu, Meryem ^a   Meerfhoff, Mariana ^b,c,d   Sondergaard, Martin ^a   Jeppesen, Erik ^b  

^a MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE LA REPÚBLICA   (Uruguay)

^d Asociación Civil Investigación Y Desarrollo I D   (Uruguay)

Author keywords

Bottom up control; Climate change; Fish manipulation; Salinity; Submerged plants; Top down control; Water level fluctuation

Indexed keywords

EID: 81055149128     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-90-481-9625-8-4     Document Type: Chapter

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