Impacts of climate warming on Alpine lake biota over the past decade

• Published in: Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research
• Main Authors: Weckstrom, K., Weckstrom, J., Huber, K., Kamenik, C., Schmidt, R., Salvenmoser, W., Rieradevall, M., Weisse, T., Psenner, R., Kurmayer, R.
• Other Authors: Environmental Sciences, Environmental Change Research Unit (ECRU)
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: INST ARCTIC ALPINE RES 2021
• Subjects: CHRYSOPHYTE CYST ASSEMBLAGES; REMOTE MOUNTAIN LAKES; WINTER/SPRING CLIMATE; ENVIRONMENTAL-CHANGES; WATER CHEMISTRY; EUROPEAN LAKES; ARCTIC LAKES; ALPS; RECONSTRUCTION; TEMPERATURE; 1172 Environmental sciences; Alpine Lake; Arctic; Antarctic and Alpine Research
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10138/326388

Alpine temperatures have risen at twice the rate compared to the northern-hemispheric average during the past century. This can be expected to affect Alpine lake ecosystems via, for example, intensified thermal stratification, shorter ice cover periods, and altered catchment processes. Our study ass...