Collapse and recovery of the European smelt (Osmerus eperlanus) population in a small boreal lake - An early warning of the consequences of climate change

Boreal Environment Research

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 398-410

  Keskinen, Tapio ^a   Lilja, Juha ^b   Högmander, Pia ^a   Holmes, John A ^c   Karjalainen, Juha ^a   Marjomäki, Timo J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^b FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^c PACIFIC BIOLOGICAL STATION   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OSMERUS EPERLANUS;

EID: 84866243475     PISSN: 12396095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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