The impact of climate change on the physical characteristics of the larger lakes in the English Lake District

• Published in: Freshwater Biology
• Main Authors: GEORGE, GLEN, HURLEY, MARGARET, HEWITT, DIANE
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2007
• Subjects: English Lake; North Atlantic; North Atlantic oscillation
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2427.2007.01773.x; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1111%2Fj.1365-2427.2007.01773.x; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/j.1365-2427.2007.01773.x

Summary 1. The larger lakes of the English Lake District have been the subject of intensive scientific study for more than 60 years. Year‐to‐year variations in the weather have recently been shown to have a major effect on their physical characteristics. The area is mild but very wet and the dynamic...