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Editorial Aquat Ecol (2013) 47:123 DOI 10.1007/s10452-013-9441-4 Bas Ibelings Piet Spaak Published online: 24 May 2013 Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2013 Last year marked the 125th anniversary of Stephen A. (Scheffer et al. 1993) and are valued as sentinels of Forbes’ classic paper ‘‘The Lake as a Microcosm’’ climate change (Adrian et al. 2009). We invited Lars- (Forbes 1887): ‘‘A lake is a little world within itself—a Anders Hansson and colleagues to review how the microcosm within which all the elemental forces are at concepts and ideas formulated by Forbes more than a work and the play of life goes on in full but on so small century ago are reflected in their work on Lake a scale as to bring it easily within the mental grasp.’’ In Krankesjo ¨ n in southern Sweden (Hansson et al. 2013). his essay, Forbes foreshadowed the ecosystem con- Aquatic Ecology has always published conceptual cept, and, for many, ‘‘The Lake as a Microcosm’’ research on lakes and will continue to do so in the future. marks the beginning of ecology as a science. Lakes are one of several types of aquatic ecosystems that have been the focus of ecological research since. While References http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Aquatic Ecology Springer Journals

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Aquat Ecol (2013) 47:123 DOI 10.1007/s10452-013-9441-4 Bas Ibelings Piet Spaak Published online: 24 May 2013 Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2013 Last year marked the 125th anniversary of Stephen A. (Scheffer et al. 1993) and are valued as sentinels of Forbes’ classic paper ‘‘The Lake as a Microcosm’’ climate change (Adrian et al. 2009). We invited Lars- (Forbes 1887): ‘‘A lake is a little world within itself—a Anders Hansson and...
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Springer Journals
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Copyright © 2013 by Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht
Subject
Life Sciences; Freshwater & Marine Ecology; Ecosystems
ISSN
1386-2588
eISSN
1573-5125
DOI
10.1007/s10452-013-9441-4
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Aquat Ecol (2013) 47:123 DOI 10.1007/s10452-013-9441-4 Bas Ibelings Piet Spaak Published online: 24 May 2013 Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2013 Last year marked the 125th anniversary of Stephen A. (Scheffer et al. 1993) and are valued as sentinels of Forbes’ classic paper ‘‘The Lake as a Microcosm’’ climate change (Adrian et al. 2009). We invited Lars- (Forbes 1887): ‘‘A lake is a little world within itself—a Anders Hansson and colleagues to review how the microcosm within which all the elemental forces are at concepts and ideas formulated by Forbes more than a work and the play of life goes on in full but on so small century ago are reflected in their work on Lake a scale as to bring it easily within the mental grasp.’’ In Krankesjo ¨ n in southern Sweden (Hansson et al. 2013). his essay, Forbes foreshadowed the ecosystem con- Aquatic Ecology has always published conceptual cept, and, for many, ‘‘The Lake as a Microcosm’’ research on lakes and will continue to do so in the future. marks the beginning of ecology as a science. Lakes are one of several types of aquatic ecosystems that have been the focus of ecological research since. While References

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Published: May 24, 2013

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