The influence of drainage from the Las Vegas valley on the limnology of boulder basin, Lake Mead, Arizona-Nevada

Lake and Reservoir Management

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 95-108

  LaBounty, James F ^a   Horn, Michael J ^a  

^a U S BUREAU OF RECLAMATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Eutrophication; Hydrodynamics; Lake Mead; Reservoir limnology; Water quality

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002437629     PISSN: 07438141     EISSN: 10402381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07438149709354301     Document Type: Article

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