Ultra-sensitive Alpine lakes and climate change

Global warming is one of the major issues with which mankind is being confronted, having vital ecological and economic consequences. Ice-cover, snow-cover and water temperatures in alpine catchments are controlled by air temperatures, and so are very susceptible to shifts in climate. Local factors s...

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Main Authors: Roland SCHMIDT, Christian KAMENIK, Roy THOMPSON
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: PAGEPress Publications 2005-08-01
Series:Journal of Limnology
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Online Access:http://www.jlimnol.it/index.php/jlimnol/article/view/253