Multiple stresses from a single agent: Diverse responses to the experimental acidification of Little Rock Lake, Wisconsin

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 44, Issue 3 II, 1999, Pages 784-794

  Frost, Thomas M ^a   Montz, Pamela K ^a   Kratz, Timothy K ^a   Badillo, Tracy ^a   Brezonik, Patrick L ^b   Gonzalez, Maria J ^c   Rada, Ronald G ^d   Watras, Carl J ^e   Webster, Katherine E ^e   Wiener, James G ^f   Williamson, Craig E ^g   Morris, Donald P ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN LA CROSSE   (United States)

^e WISCONSIN DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (United States)

^f U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^g LEHIGH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACIDIFICATION; ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; LAKE ECOSYSTEM;

EID: 0032959887     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.1999.44.3_part_2.0784     Document Type: Article

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