Long-term changes in oxygen depletion in a small temperate lake: Effects of climate change and eutrophication

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 278-289

  Foley, Brian ^a   Jones, Ian D ^b   Maberly, Stephen C ^b   Rippey, Brian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anoxia; Blelham Tarn; Dissolved oxygen; English Lake District; Stratification

Indexed keywords

EID: 84855353745     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: 13652427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2427.2011.02662.x     Document Type: Article

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