Dissolved organic carbon and nutrients as regulators of lake ecosystems: Resurrection of a more integrated paradigm

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 44, Issue 3 II, 1999, Pages 795-803

  Williamson, Craig E ^a   Morris, Donald P ^a   Pace, Michael L ^b   Olson, Olaf G ^c  

^a LEHIGH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CARY INSTITUTE OF ECOSYSTEM STUDIES   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; NUTRIENT; PRODUCTIVITY;

EID: 0032961167     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.1999.44.3_part_2.0795     Document Type: Article

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