Mean circulation in the Great Lakes

Journal of Great Lakes Research

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 78-93

  Beletsky, Dmitry ^a   Saylor, James H ^b   Schwab, David J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b NOAA GREAT LAKES ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Circulation; Great Lakes

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; LAKE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NUTRIENT; PLANT FIBER; WATER CONTAMINATION;

CIRCULATION; LAKE DYNAMICS; LIMNOLOGY;

GREAT LAKES; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 0032932148     PISSN: 03801330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0380-1330(99)70718-5     Document Type: Article

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