Biogeochemical Ecosystem Dynamics in Lake Biwa under Anthropogenic Impacts and Global Warming

Climatic Change and Global Warming of Inland Waters: Impacts and Mitigation for Ecosystems and Societies

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 95-110

  Sakamoto, Mitsuru ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHIGA PREFECTURE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anthropogenic global warming; Cyanobacterial blooms anoxic; Hypolimnetic NO3 dynamics; Lake Biwa pelagic system; Lake Biwa, biogeochemical dynamics; Lake watershed dynamics; Lake watershed, on Lake Biwa; Pelagic biogeochemical; TP TN organic matter loading

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; DYNAMICS; GLOBAL WARMING;

ANTHROPOGENIC/GLOBAL WARMING; BIOGEOCHEMICAL; BIOGEOCHEMICAL DYNAMICS; CYANOBACTERIAL BLOOMS; LAKE BIWA;

LAKES;

EID: 84886668655     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781118470596.ch6     Document Type: Chapter

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