Recent Climate-Induced Changes in Freshwaters in Denmark

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

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 155-171

  Jeppesen, Erik ^a,b,c   Kronvang, Brian ^a   Jørgensen, Torben B ^a,d   Larsen, Søren E ^a   Andersen, Hans E ^a   Søndergaard, Martin ^a   Liboriussen, Lone ^a   Bjerring, Rikke ^a   Johansson, Liselotte S ^a   Trolle, Dennis ^a   Lauridsen, Torben L ^a,b  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b Sino Danish Centre for Education and Research (SDC)   (China)

^c GREENLAND INSTITUTE OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (Greenland)

^d Limfjordssekretariatet   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Freshwaters in Denmark, climate induced; Lake temperatures; Meso eutrophic Danish lakes; Rapid warming of waters; Stream water flow trend; Temperature differences; Thermocline formation; Trophic structure changes; Water temperature increases

Indexed keywords

FLOW OF WATER; LAKES; WATER;

DENMARK; LAKE TEMPERATURES; STREAM WATER; TEMPERATURE DIFFERENCES; TROPHIC STRUCTURE; WATER TEMPERATURES;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

EID: 84886685873     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781118470596.ch10     Document Type: Chapter

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