Water clarity in Lake Mendota since 1900: Responses to differing levels of nutrients and herbivory

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 53, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 2250-2261

  Lathrop, Richard C ^a,b   Carpenter, Stephen R ^b   Rudstam, Lars G ^b,c  

^a WISCONSIN DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c Department of Natural Resources and the Environment   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGAL BLOOM; BIOMANIPULATION; HERBIVORY; NUTRIENT; PHOSPHORUS REDUCTION; WATER CLARITY;

USA, WISCONSIN, LAKE MENDOTA;

EID: 0030442147     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/f96-187     Document Type: Article

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