To bloom or not to bloom: Contrasting responses of cyanobacteria to recent heat waves explained by critical thresholds of abiotic drivers

Oecologia

Volumn 169, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 245-256

  Huber, Veronika ^a,c   Wagner, Carola ^b   Gerten, Dieter ^c   Adrian, Rita ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF FRESHWATER ECOLOGY AND INLAND FISHERIES   (Germany)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR BALTIC SEA RESEARCH   (Germany)

^c POTSDAM INSTITUTE FOR CLIMATE IMPACT RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Climate change; Cyanobacteria; Heat wave; Polymictic lake; Thermal stratification

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CYANOBACTERIUM; DATA SET; ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE; GLOBAL WARMING; LAKE; LOW TEMPERATURE; METEOROLOGY; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; THRESHOLD; WATER COLUMN; WAVE;

ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CLIMATE CHANGE; CYANOBACTERIUM; EUTROPHICATION; PHYSIOLOGY; TEMPERATURE;

BIOMASS; CLIMATE CHANGE; CYANOBACTERIA; EUTROPHICATION; TEMPERATURE;

EUROPE;

ANABAENA; ANABAENA SP.; CYANOBACTERIA; PLANKTOTHRIX;

EID: 84859644545     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-011-2186-7     Document Type: Article

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