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Winter anoxia — a general feature of ponds in cold temperate regions
Author(s) -
Nagell B.,
Brittain J. E.
Publication year - 1977
Publication title -
internationale revue der gesamten hydrobiologie und hydrographie
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.524
H-Index - 52
eISSN - 1522-2632
pISSN - 0020-9309
DOI - 10.1002/iroh.1977.3510620607
Subject(s) - temperate climate , anoxic waters , fauna , productivity , feature (linguistics) , ecology , environmental science , geography , biology , linguistics , philosophy , economics , macroeconomics
There are good reasons to believe that in cold temperate regions the whole water masses of ponds with little or no through flow are anoxic during the winter. This feature, demonstrated for Scandinavian ponds of widely differing productivity, must be of great ecological significance for the pond fauna.