Responses of a Maritime Antarctic lake to a catastrophic draining event under a climate change scenario

Polar Biology

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 231-239

  Izaguirre, Irina ^a,c   Pizarro, Haydée ^a,c   Allende, Luz ^a,c   Unrein, Fernando ^b,c   Rodríguez, Patricia ^a,c   Marinone, María Cristina ^a   Tell, Guillermo ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOTECNOLÓGICAS   (Argentina)

^c CONICET ^*  (Argentina)

Author keywords

Catastrophic draining event; Climate change; Lake; Maritime Antarctica; Permafrost; Phytoplankton

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; ALGA; BACTERIUM; CATASTROPHIC EVENT; CATCHMENT; CHLOROPHYLL A; CLIMATE CHANGE; DISTURBANCE; ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE; EUPHOTIC ZONE; EUTROPHICATION; LIMNOLOGY; NUTRIENT CYCLING; PERMAFROST; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; PLANKTON; THAWING; WATER LEVEL;

ANTARCTICA; BOECKELLA LAKE; WEST ANTARCTICA;

ALGAE; BOECKELLA; CHLAMYDOMONADALES; CHRYSOPHYCEAE; EUKARYOTA;

EID: 84855463756     PISSN: 07224060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00300-011-1066-2     Document Type: Article

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