Restoration of a mine pit lake from aquacultural nutrient enrichment

Restoration Ecology

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 1-19

  Axler, Richard ^a   Yokom, Shane ^a   Tikkanen, Craig ^a,b   McDonald, Michael ^a   Runke, Henry ^c   Wilcox, Dwight ^d   Cady, Bruce ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA DULUTH   (United States)

^b Vermillion Community College   (United States)

^c BARR ENGINEERING COMPANY   (United States)

^d Minnesota Aquafarms Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERATION; AQUACULTURE; GROWTH; NUTRIENT; OXYGEN; PHOSPHORUS; WATER POLLUTION;

ABANDONED MINE; LAKE; MINE PIT; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; PIT LAKE; RESTORATION; WATER QUALITY;

USA, MINNESOTA, MESABI RANGE;

EID: 0031659518     PISSN: 10612971     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1526-100x.1998.00612.x     Document Type: Article

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