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High-Latitude Rainforests and Associated Ecosystems of the West Coast of the Americas pp 266–280Cite as

The Temperate Rainforest Lakes of Chile and Canada: Comparative Ecology and Sensitivity to Anthropocentric Change

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Temperate rainforests are among the most environmentally sensitive and biologically diverse ecosystems in the world. They are currently under heavy exploitive pressures and the subject of international controversy. Along with their roles as providers of unique and diverse species habitats and as major players in global carbon cycling, they also serve as collection basins for many large lakes of ecological and economic importance. The catchments of Chilean Araucanian lakes (39° to 42°S) and south coastal British Columbian (BC) lakes (49° to 51°N) (Figure 13.1) are in rainforest biogeoclimatic zones and share common properties, for example, climate, age and glacial origin, morphometry, and the oligotrophic state (i.e., <10ug·L-1 average total phosphorus (TP) content) (Vollenweider, 1968; Campos, 1984; Soto & Zuñiga, 1991; Stockner, 1981, 1987).

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  1. Office of Global Programs, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 1100 Wayne Avenue, 20920-5603, Silver Spring, MD, USA

    Richard G. Lawford

  2. Laboratory of Ecology, Catholic University, Castilla 114-D, Santiago, Chile

    Eduardo Fuentes

  3. School of Forestry, Montana Forest and Conservation Experiment Station, University of Montana, 59812-1063, Missoula, MT, USA

    Paul B. Alaback

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Soto, D., Stockner, J.G. (1996). The Temperate Rainforest Lakes of Chile and Canada: Comparative Ecology and Sensitivity to Anthropocentric Change. In: Lawford, R.G., Fuentes, E., Alaback, P.B. (eds) High-Latitude Rainforests and Associated Ecosystems of the West Coast of the Americas. Ecological Studies, vol 116. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-3970-3_13

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