Temperature as a Driving Factor in Aquatic Ecosystems

Encyclopedia of Inland Waters

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 690-698

  De Stasio, B T ^a   Golemgeski, T ^a   Livingstone, D M ^b  

^a LAWRENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Algae; Benthic; Climate change; Fish; Global warming; Heat; Ice; Metabolism; Mixing; Plankton; Respiration; Solar radiation; Stratification; Temperature

Indexed keywords

EID: 85014883160     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-012370626-3.00074-0     Document Type: Chapter

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