Chemistry of the offshore surface waters of Lake Erie: Pre- and post-Dreissena introduction (1983-1993)

Journal of Great Lakes Research

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 82-93

  Makarewicz, Joseph C ^a   Bertram, Paul ^b   Lewis, Theodore W ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dreissena; Lake Erie; Nutrient chemistry; Phytoplankton

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; BIOMASS; CANADA; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENT; LAKE; NITRATE; NITRITE; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT; PHOSPHORUS; SEDIMENT; SILICON DIOXIDE; SURFACE WATER; TURBIDITY; WATER SAMPLING;

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; ECOSYSTEM DYNAMICS; HYDROCHEMISTRY;

GREAT LAKES(LAKE ERIE); NORTH AMERICA;

BIVALVIA; DREISSENA;

EID: 0034054177     PISSN: 03801330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0380-1330(00)70675-7     Document Type: Article

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