Bimodal transparency as an indicator for alternative states in South American lakes

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 57, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1191-1201

  Kosten, Sarian ^a,b   Vernooij, Martine ^a,d   Van Nes, Egbert H ^a   Sagrario, María de los Á G ^c   Clevers, Jan G P W ^a   Scheffer, Marten ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

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

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE MAR DEL PLATA   (Argentina)

^d BLGG Research   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Alternative states; Remote sensing; South America; Submerged macrophytes; Transparency

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860485521     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: 13652427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2427.2012.02785.x     Document Type: Article

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