An alternative classification method for northern Wisconsin lakes

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 661-669

  Emmons, Edward E ^a   Jennings, Martin J ^b   Edwards, Clayton ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b WISCONSIN DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (United States)

^c USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLASSIFICATION; LAKE; LIMNOLOGY; MORPHOMETRY;

UNITED STATES; WISCONSIN;

EID: 0032806479     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/f99-008     Document Type: Article

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