Stratification, vertical mixing, and upward ammonium flux in hypersaline Mono Lake, California

Archiv fur Hydrobiologie

Volumn 142, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 283-315

  Romero, José R ^a,b   Jellison, Robert ^b   Melack, John M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM; FRESHWATER INPUT; LAKE DYNAMICS; MIXING; STRATIFICATION;

CALIFORNIA; MONO LAKE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0031874766     PISSN: 00039136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/archiv-hydrobiol/142/1998/283     Document Type: Article

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