The effects of climatic warming on the properties of boreal lakes and streams at the Experimental Lakes Area, northwestern Ontario

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1004-1017

  Schindler, David W ^a   Bayley, Suzanne E ^a   Parker, Brian R ^a   Beaty, Ken G ^b   Cruikshank, Dana R ^b   Fee, Everett J ^b   Schindler, Eva U ^b   Stainton, Michael P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b FRESHWATER INSTITUTE   (Canada)

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EID: 0029795974     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.1996.41.5.1004     Document Type: Article

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