Lake Baikal amphipods under climate change: thermal constraints and ecological consequences

Abstract Lake Baikal, the world's most voluminous freshwater lake, has experienced unprecedented warming during the last decades. A uniquely diverse amphipod fauna inhabits the littoral zone and can serve as a model system to identify the role of thermal tolerance under climate change. This stu...

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Main Authors: Lena Jakob, Denis V. Axenov‐Gribanov, Anton N. Gurkov, Michael Ginzburg, Daria S. Bedulina, Maxim A. Timofeyev, Till Luckenbach, Magnus Lucassen, Franz J. Sartoris, Hans‐O. Pörtner
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2016-03-01
Series:Ecosphere
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.1308