Effects of changes in arctic lake and river ice

Ambio

Volumn 40, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2011, Pages 63-74

  Prowse, Terry ^a   Alfredsen, Knut ^b   Beltaos, Spyros ^c   Bonsal, Barrie R ^c   Bowden, William B ^d   Duguay, Claude R ^e   Korhola, Atte ^f   McNamara, Jim ^g   Vincent, Warwick F ^h   Vuglinsky, Valery ⁱ   Walter Anthony, Katey M ^j   Weyhenmeyer, Gesa A ^k  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^c ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^g BOISE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h CENTRE D ÉTUDES NORDIQUES   (Canada)

ⁱ STATE HYDROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^j University of Alaska Fairbanks   (United States)

^k UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

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Author keywords

Aquatic ecology; Arctic; Climate; Lake ice; Northern development; River ice

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865653856     PISSN: 00447447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13280-011-0217-6     Document Type: Article

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