The subalpine lake ecosystem, ©<U+00dc>vre Heimdalsvatn, and its catchment: local and global changes over the last 50 years

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Brittain, John E. (Editor), Borgstr©ım, Reidar. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2010.
• Series: Developments in Hydrobiology 211 ; 211
• Subjects: Life sciences.; Ecology.; Ecosystems.; Aquatic ecology.; Wildlife.; Fish.; Climate change.; Nature conservation.; Life Sciences.; Nature Conservation.; Freshwater & Marine Ecology.; Fish & Wildlife Biology & Management.; Climate Change.
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This book summarizes research from the intensive study of a pristine subalpine lake ecosystem and its catchment over the last 50 years. A wide range of topics is presented, including several unique time series focusing on changes in ice cover, water temperature, zooplankton, benthos and fish. Signif...

Table of Contents:

• Preface
• The Norwegian reference lake ecosystem, ©<U+00dc>vre Heimdalsvatn
• Holocene climate and environmental history of Brurskardstj©ırni, a lake in the catchment of ©<U+00dc>vre Heimdalsvatn, south-central Norway
• The development of new algorithms for remote sensing of snow conditions based on data from the catchment of ©<U+00dc>vre Heimdalsvatn and the vicinity
• Long-term trends in water temperature and ice cover in the subalpine lake, ©<U+00dc>vre Heimdalsvatn, and nearby lakes and rivers
• Between-year variations in the development of crustacean zooplankton in the Norwegian subalpine lake, ©<U+00dc>vre Heimdalsvatn
• Long-term changes in the littoral benthos of a Norwegian subalpine lake following the introduction of the European minnow (Phoxinus phoxinus)
• The brown trout (Salmo trutta) in the lake, ©<U+00dc>vre Heimdalsvatn: long-term changes in population dynamics due to exploitation and the invasive species, European minnow (Phoxinus phoxinus)
• Diet overlap between introduced European minnow (Phoxinus phoxinus) and young brown trout (Salmo trutta) in the lake, ©<U+00dc>vre Heimdalsvatn: a result of abundant resources or forced niche overlap?
• A long-term study of catchment inputs of 137Cs to a subalpine lake in the form of allochthonous terrestrial plant material
• Long-term trends and variation in 137Cs activity concentrations in brown trout (Salmo trutta) from ©<U+00dc>vre Heimdalsvatn, a Norwegian subalpine lake
• The importance of size and growth rate in determining mercury concentrations in European minnow (Phoxinus phoxinus) and brown trout (Salmo trutta) in the subalpine lake, ©<U+00dc>vre Heimdalsvatn.