Aquatic insects of remote alpine lakes: Taxonomic composition, ecological patterns and seasonal dynamics in altitudinal environmental gradient (Tatra Mts, Slovakia)

Alpine Environment: Geology, Ecology and Conservation

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 1-46

  Čiamporova Zatovičova, Zuzana ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Alpine lakes; Aquatic insects; Climate change; Inlet; Littoral; Macroinvertebrates; Outlet; Seasonal dynamics; Temperature altitudinal gradient

Indexed keywords

EID: 84892067654     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: None     Document Type: Chapter

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