• Medientyp: E-Artikel
  • Titel: Thingvallavatn Research History
  • Beteiligte: Jónasson, Pétur M.
  • Erschienen: Munksgaard International Publishers, Ltd., 1992
  • Erschienen in: Oikos
  • Sprache: Englisch
  • ISSN: 0030-1299; 1600-0706
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  • Beschreibung: <p>The research history of the Thingvallavatn area dates almost 300 years back. Geological, limnological and ichthyological research of the lake started 100 years ago. A general limnological investigation including geology, meteorology, vegetation of the lake and the catchment area, physics, chemistry, plankton, benthos, fish, birds and mammals was decided on the occasion of the 1100&lt;sup&gt; th&lt;/sup&gt; anniversary of the Icelandic settlement 1974. These themes form the chapters of this monograph together with an ecosystem analysis. All published papers about the lake, at present exceeding 100, are listed in this paper.</p>