Temporal coherence of two alpine lake basins of the Colorado Front Range, U.S.A.

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 463-476

  Baron, Jill S ^a   Caine, Nel ^b  

^a Department of Ecosystem Science and Sustainability   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Alpine lake basins; Colorado front range; Temporal coherence

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL PROPERTY; LACUSTRINE ENVIRONMENT; PHYSICAL PROPERTY; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034119705     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2427.2000.00517.x     Document Type: Article

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