Effects of agriculture, urbanization, and climate on water quality in the northern Great Plains

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 44, Issue 3 II, 1999, Pages 739-756

  Hall, Roland I ^a   Leavitt, Peter R ^a   Quinlan, Roberto ^b   Dixit, Aruna S ^b   Smol, John P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGINA   (Canada)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; WATER QUALITY;

CANADA; GREAT PLAINS;

EID: 0032939248     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.1999.44.3_part_2.0739     Document Type: Article

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