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Ecological effects of water-level fluctuations in lakes: an urgent issue

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  1. Limnologisches Institut der Universität Konstanz, Mainaustraße 252, 78457, Konstanz, Germany

    Karl M. Wantzen, Karl-Otto Rothhaupt & Martin Mörtl

  2. Limnology and Phycology Section, Museo Tridentino di Scienze Naturali, Via Calepina 14, 38100, Trento, Italy

    Marco Cantonati

  3. Balaton Limnological Research Institute of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, 8237, Tihany, Hungary

    László G.-Tóth

  4. Biologische Anstalt Helgoland des Alfred-Wegner-Instituts, Kurpromenade 201, 27498, Helgoland, Germany

    Philipp Fischer

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Guest editors: K. M. Wantzen, K.-O. Rothhaupt, M. Mörtl, M. Cantonati, L. G.-Tóth & P. Fischer

Ecological Effects of Water-Level Fluctuations in Lakes

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Wantzen, K.M., Rothhaupt, KO., Mörtl, M. et al. Ecological effects of water-level fluctuations in lakes: an urgent issue. Hydrobiologia 613, 1–4 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10750-008-9466-1

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