Rapid physicochemical changes in the high Arctic Lake Kongressvatn caused by recent climate change

Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 385-395

  Holm, Trine Marianne ^a,b   Koinig, Karin A ^a   Andersen, Tom ^c   Donali, Espen ^c   Hormes, Anne ^b   Klaveness, Dag ^c   Psenner, Roland ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY CENTRE IN SVALBARD   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Chemocline; Lake temperature; Meromictic; Monitoring; Svalbard

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; CATCHMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; MONITORING; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; WATER CHEMISTRY; WATER COLUMN; WATER TEMPERATURE;

ARCTIC; SVALBARD; SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN;

EID: 84863105812     PISSN: 10151621     EISSN: 14209055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00027-011-0229-0     Document Type: Article

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