Regional coherence of climatic and lake thermal variables of four lake districts in the Upper Great Lakes Region of North America

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 517-527

  Benson, Barbara J ^a   Lenters, John D ^a   Magnuson, John J ^a   Stubbs, Maryan ^a   Kratz, Timothy K ^a   Dillon, Peter J ^b   Hecky, Robert E ^c   Lathrop, Richard C ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b TRENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^d WISCONSIN DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Coherence; Lake districts; Lake thermal structure; Regional climate; Regional limnology; Temporal variability

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE EFFECT; LACUSTRINE ENVIRONMENT; SYNCHRONY; TEMPORAL VARIATION; THERMAL ALTERATION;

NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 0034120874     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2427.2000.00572.x     Document Type: Article

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