The response of freshwater ecosystems to climate variability associated with the North Atlantic oscillation

Geophysical Monograph Series

Volumn 134, Issue , 2003, Pages 263-279

  Straile, Dietmar ^a   Livingstone, David M ^b   Weyhenmeyer, Gesa A ^c   George, D Glen ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

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

^c SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^d CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 85040250153     PISSN: 00658448     EISSN: 23288779     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1029/134GM12     Document Type: Chapter

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