Internal phosphorus loading in Lake Mendota: Response to external loads and weather

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 54, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 1883-1893

  Soranno, P A ^a,c   Carpenter, S R ^a   Lathrop, R C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b WISCONSIN DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (United States)

^c MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EUTROPHIC LAKE; INTERNAL LOADING; PHOSPHORUS LOADING; WEATHER;

LAKE MENDOTA; USA; WISCONSIN;

EID: 0031443335     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/f97-095     Document Type: Article

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