Impacts of climate warming on the long-term dynamics of key fish species in 24 European lakes

• Published in: Hydrobiologia
• Main Authors: Jeppesen, Erik, Mehner, Thomas, Winfield, Ian J., Kangur, Külli, Sarvala, Jouko, Gerdeaux, Daniel, Rask, Martti, Malmquist, Hilmar J., Holmgren, Kerstin, Volta, Pietro, Romo, Susana, Sandström, Alfred, Blanco, Saul, Kangur, Andu, Stabo, Henrik Ragnarsson, Tarvainen, Marjo, Ventelä, Anne-Mari, Sondergaard, Martin, Lauridsen, Torben L., Meerhoff, Mariana, Eckmann, Reiner
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2012
• Subjects: Climate change; Fish assemblages; Functional traits; Long-term data series; Europe; ddc:570; Arctic; Southern Lake; Arctic charr
• Online Access: http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bsz:352-207778; https://doi.org/10.1007/s10750-012-1182-1

Fish play a key role in the trophic dynamics of lakes.With climatewarming, complex changes in fish assemblage structure may be expected owing to direct effects of temperature and indirect effects operating through eutrophication, water level changes, stratification and salinisation. We reviewed publ...