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Global warming, precipitation of acidifying compounds, and increased UV radiation are clear symptoms of global change. The causes are not known in all cases and global climate change continues to be the subject of much discussion1 (Corti et al. 1999). It is certain, however, that these climate changes inevitably leave traces in all ecosystems. It is to be expected that the most conspicuous changes take place in the most sensitive ecosystems, such as the boreal lakes, the Arctic and Antarctic lakes, and the pseudo-boreal lakes of high-mountain regions. For such lakes, a number of informative studies have been published.
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Steinberg, C.E.W. (2003). Humic Substances and Global Climate Change. In: Ecology of Humic Substances in Freshwaters. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-06815-1_4
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