Lake-wide distributions of temperature, phytoplankton, zooplankton, and fish in the pelagic zone of a large lake

• Main Authors: Rinke, Karsten, Huber, Andrea M. R, Kempke, Sebastian, Eder, Magdalena, Wolf, Thomas, Probst, Wolfgang N, Rothhaupt, Karl-Otto
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2009
• Subjects: classification; ddc; info:eu-repo

We studied three-dimensional distribution patterns of temperature, phyto- and zooplankton, and fish in the large, prealpine Lake Constance during spring 2007. A strong westerly wind induced an intense eastward displacement of epilimnetic water and upwelling of hypolimnetic water in the western part...