Research: Are recent watershed disturbances associated with temporal and spatial changes in water quality of Lake George, New York, USA?

Environmental Management

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 725-732

  Momen, Bahram ^a   Eichler, Larry W ^a   Boylen, Charles W ^a   Zehr, Jonathan P ^a  

^a Research Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Lake George; Lake water chemistry; Repeated measures ANOVA; Split plot design

Indexed keywords

CHLORIDE; CHLOROPHYLL A; LAKE WATER; PHOSPHORUS; SILICON DIOXIDE;

DISTURBANCE; EUTROPHICATION; LAKE WATER QUALITY; MESOOLIGOTROPHIC LAKE; WATERSHED;

ARTICLE; EUTROPHICATION; RESERVOIR; SEASONAL VARIATION; TIME; UNITED STATES; WATER QUALITY;

USA, NEW YORK, LAKE GEORGE;

LAKES; SETTLING TANKS; STATISTICAL METHODS; URBAN PLANNING; WATER ANALYSIS; WATERSHEDS; WEATHERING;

EUTROPHICATION; LAKE GEORGE; LAKEWATER CHEMISTRY;

WATER QUALITY;

EID: 0031236926     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002679900062     Document Type: Article

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