Small changes in climate can profoundly alter the dynamics and ecosystem services of tropical crater lakes

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Saulnier Talbot, Émilie ^a   Gregory Eaves, Irene ^a   Simpson, Kyle G ^a,c   Efitre, Jackson ^b   Nowlan, Tobias E ^a   Taranu, Zofia E ^a   Chapman, Lauren J ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

^c INSTITUTE OF OCEAN SCIENCES   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RAIN;

AFRICA; AIR TEMPERATURE; ARTICLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEM; ECOSYSTEM MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; HUMIDITY; LAKE; LANDSCAPE; PALEOLIMNOLOGY; SPECIES HABITAT; TROPIC CLIMATE; UGANDA; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER TEMPERATURE;

ANIMALS; BETA CAROTENE; BIOMASS; BIOTA; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEM; FRESH WATER; GEOGRAPHY; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; LAKES; LEAD RADIOISOTOPES; MICROALGAE; OXYGEN; POPULATION DYNAMICS; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS; TROPICAL CLIMATE; UGANDA;

EID: 84900310643     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0086561     Document Type: Article

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