From dimictic to monomictic: Empirical evidence of thermal regime transitions in three deep alpine lakes in Austria induced by climate change

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 62, Issue 8, 2017, Pages 1335-1345

  Ficker, Harald ^a   Luger, Martin ^a   Gassner, Hubert ^a  

^a Federal Agency for Water Management   (Austria)

Author keywords

hypoxic and anoxic factor; mixing regime; phosphorous release; prolongation of thermal stratification; Schmidt stability; surface water warming; temperate lakes; thermocline depth and steepness; vertical sampling profiles

Indexed keywords

EID: 85018907215     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: 13652427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/fwb.12946     Document Type: Article

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