The geochemistry of Lake Bosumtwi, a hydrologically closed basin in the humid zone of tropical Ghana

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 41, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 1415-1424

  Turner, Benjamin F ^a   Gardner, L R ^b   Sharp, W E ^b   Blood, E R ^c  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c JOSEPH W JONES ECOLOGICAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

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EID: 0010223520     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.1996.41.7.1415     Document Type: Article

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