Effects of lake size, water clarity, and climatic variability on mixing depths in Canadian Shield lakes

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 912-920

  Fee, E J ^a   Hecky, R E ^a   Kasian, S E M ^a   Cruikshank, D R ^a  

^a FRESHWATER INSTITUTE   (Canada)

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EID: 0029799453     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.1996.41.5.0912     Document Type: Article

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