Correlation is not causation: A case study of fisheries, trophic state and acidity in Florida (USA) lakes

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 106, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 1-4

  Havens, K E ^a  

^a SOUTH FLORIDA WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT   (United States)

Author keywords

Acidification; Causation; Correlation; Fisheries; Nutrients

Indexed keywords

ACIDITY; BIOMASS; DECISION MAKING; ECOLOGY; FISH; FOOD INDUSTRY; LAKE; NOTE; OBSERVATION; POLLUTION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

ALGAE; ARENA;

EID: 0032987214     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0269-7491(98)00226-7     Document Type: Article

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