The Physical and Chemical Limnology of 24 Ponds and One Lake from Isachsen, Ellef Ringnes Island, Canadian High Arctic

International Review of Hydrobiology

Volumn 88, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 519-538

  Antoniades, Dermot ^a   Douglas, Marianne S V ^a   Smol, John P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Chlorophyll a; High arctic; Limnology; Nutrients; Phosphorus

Indexed keywords

ALGA; CONDUCTIVITY; LAKE; LIMNOLOGY; NUTRIENT; PHOSPHORUS; PHYSICAL PROPERTY; POND; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; WATER CHEMISTRY;

CANADA;

ALGAE;

EID: 0141862187     PISSN: 14342944     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/iroh.200310665     Document Type: Article

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