Climate-driven limnological changes determine ecological thresholds in an alpine lake

Aquatic Biology

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 47-58

  Luoto, Tomi P ^a,b   Nevalainen, Liisa ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Austrian alps; Chironomidae; Cladocera; Climate change; Little ice age; Mixing depth

Indexed keywords

BOSMINA; CHIRONOMIDAE; CLADOCERA; DAPHNIA;

EID: 84872928294     PISSN: 18647782     EISSN: 18647790     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/ab00487     Document Type: Article

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