Water quality and fish populations of acid sensitive waters in the Vätsäri area, north-eastern Finland: Responses to reduced sulphur emissions from the Kola Peninsula, Russia, in the 1990s

Boreal Environment Research

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 1-7

  Tammi, Jouni ^a,b   Lappalainen, Antti ^b   Bergman, Tarja ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^c Finland's Environmental Administration   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLA; LOTA LOTA; PHOXINUS; PHOXINUS PHOXINUS; SALMO; SALMO TRUTTA; SALMONIDAE;

EID: 0141425698     PISSN: 12396095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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