Climate change effects on shallow lakes: Design and preliminary results of a cross-European climate gradient mesocosm experiment

Estonian Journal of Ecology

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 71-89

  Landkildehus, Frank ^a   Søndergaard, Martin ^a   Beklioglu, Meryem ^b   Adrian, Rita ^c   Angeler, David G ^d   Hejzlar, Josef ^e   Papastergiadou, Eva ^f   Zingel, Priit ^g   Çakiroǧlu, Ayşe Idil ^b   Scharfenberger, Ulrike ^c   Drakare, Stina ^d   Nõges, Tiina ^g   Šorf, Michal ^e,h   Stefanidis, Konstantinos ^f   Nihan Tavsanoglu U ^b   Trigal, Cristina ^d   Mahdy, Aldoushy ^c   Papadaki, Christina ^f   Tuvikenek, Lea ^g   Larsen, Søren E ^a   Kernan, Martin ⁱ   Jeppesen, Erik ^a,j   more..

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF FRESHWATER ECOLOGY AND INLAND FISHERIES   (Germany)

^d SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^e INSTITUTE OF HYDROBIOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^f UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

^g ESTONIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Estonia)

^h UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BOHEMIA   (Czech Republic)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^j UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

more..

Author keywords

Climate change; Macroecology; Macrophytes; Metabolism; Nutrient enrichment; REFRESH project; Water level effects

Indexed keywords

EID: 84901912952     PISSN: 1736602X     EISSN: 17367549     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3176/eco.2014.2.02     Document Type: Article

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