A water level drawdown index for aquatic macrophytes in Nordic lakes

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 704, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 141-151

  Mjelde, Marit ^a   Hellsten, Seppo ^b   Ecke, Frauke ^c,d  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR WATER RESEARCH   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^c SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^d LULEÅ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Ecological potential; Ice effect; Low alkalinity; Oligotrophic lakes; Sensitive and tolerant species; Winter drawdown

Indexed keywords

ALKALINITY; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; AQUATIC PLANT; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; EROSION; EXPLOITATION; FLOOD CONTROL; FLUVIAL GEOMORPHOLOGY; HYDROELECTRIC POWER; INDEX METHOD; LACUSTRINE ENVIRONMENT; MACROPHYTE; OLIGOTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; POWER GENERATION; REGULATORY FRAMEWORK; TOLERANCE; WATER LEVEL; WINTER;

FINLAND; NORWAY; SCANDINAVIA; SWEDEN;

EID: 84873716198     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-012-1323-6     Document Type: Article

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