The Response of Lakes Near the Arctic LTER to Environmental Change

Alaska's Changing Arctic: Ecological Consequences for Tundra, Streams, and Lakes

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages

  Luecke, Chris ^a   Giblin, Anne E ^b   Bettez, Neil D ^c   Burkart, Greta A ^d   Crump, Byron C ^e   Evans, Mary Anne ^f   Gettel, Gretchen ^g   MacIntyre, Sally ^h   John O'Brien, W ^j   Rublee, Parke A ⁱ   Kling, George W ^f  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MARINE BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c CARY INSTITUTE OF ECOSYSTEM STUDIES   (United States)

^d Arctic National Wildlife Refuge   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^g UNESCO IHE INSTITUTE FOR WATER EDUCATION   (Netherlands)

^h UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO   (United States)

^j Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology University of Michigan ^*

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Author keywords

Arctic LTER; Lakes; Mesocosms; Multiyear fertilization treatments; Thermal stratification; Toolik

Indexed keywords

EID: 84938634793     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/acprof:osobl/9780199860401.003.0008     Document Type: Chapter

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