The attenuation of ultraviolet radiation in high dissolved organic carbon waters of wetlands and lakes on the northern Great Plains

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 292-299

  Arts, Michael T ^a   Robarts, Richard D ^a   Kasai, Fumie ^b   Waiser, Marley J ^a   Tumber, Vijay P ^a   Plante, Amanda J ^c   Rai, Hakumat ^d   De Lange, Hendrika J ^e  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY   (Germany)

^e LEHIGH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; LIGHT ATTENUATION; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

CANADA; SASKATCHEWAN;

ANAS; ANATIDAE; ANSER; CELLULAR ORGANISMS;

EID: 0034055464     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.2000.45.2.0292     Document Type: Article

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