Ecological effects of multiple stressors on a deep lake (Lago Maggiore, Italy) integrating neo and palaeolimnological approaches

Journal of Limnology

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Guilizzoni, Piero ^a   Levine, Suzanne N ^b   Manca, Marina ^a   Marchetto, Aldo ^a   Lami, Andrea ^a   Ambrosetti, Walter ^a   Brauer, Achim ^c   Gerli, Stefano ^a   Carrara, Elisabetta A ^a,e   Rolla, Angelo ^a   Guzzella, Licia ^d   VignatI, Davide A L ^d  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^c GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^d WATER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^e BUREAU OF METEOROLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Climate change; Human impact; Palaeolimnology; Time series

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIOMASS; CLIMATE CHANGE; DDT; DIATOM; EUTROPHICATION; MERCURY (ELEMENT); METEOROLOGY; MICROFOSSIL; NUTRIENT; OLIGOTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; PALEOLIMNOLOGY; PCB; PIGMENT; POINT SOURCE; POPULATION DENSITY; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; SEDIMENT CORE; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; WARM WATER;

ITALY; LAKE MAGGIORE;

EID: 82555205059     PISSN: 11295767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3274/JL12-71-1-01     Document Type: Article

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