Relationships between DOC concentration and epilithon stable isotopes in boreal lakes

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 101-105

  France, R L ^a  

^a HARVARD GRADUATE SCHOOL OF DESIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Boreal lakes; Epilithon; Littoral biota

Indexed keywords

ALGA; BOREAL; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; EPILITHON; LAKE;

EID: 0033027571     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2427.1999.00391.x     Document Type: Article

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