Ecological dynamics of two remote Alpine lakes during ice-free season

Journal of Limnology

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 401-416

  Tiberti, Rocco ^a,b   Metta, Sabino ^c   Austoni, Martina ^c   Callieri, Cristiana ^c   Morabito, Giuseppe ^c   Marchetto, Aldo ^c   Rogora, Michela ^c   Tartari, Gabriele A ^c   Von Hardenberg, Jost ^c   Provenzale, Antonello ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^b Gran Paradiso National Park ^*  (Italy)

^c CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Gran Paradiso National Park; Lake chemistry; Phytoplankton; Zooplankton

Indexed keywords

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; BACTERIUM; LAKE WATER; NICHE PARTITIONING; PHYTOPLANKTON; WATER CHEMISTRY; ZOOPLANKTON;

ALPS; GRAN PARADISO NATIONAL PARK; ITALY; PIEDMONT [ITALY];

EID: 84885065223     PISSN: 11295767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4081/jlimnol.2013.e33     Document Type: Article

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