Lake Chapo: A baseline study of a deep, oligotrophic North Patagonian lake prior to its use for hydroelectricity generation: I. Physical and chemical properties

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 510, Issue , 2003, Pages 217-224

  Woelfl, Stefan ^a   Villalobos, Lorena ^a   Parra, Oscar ^b   Steffen, Wladimir ^a   Campos, Hugo ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUSTRAL DE CHILE   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONCEPCIÓN   (Chile)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Chemistry; Hydroelectric; North Patagonia; Oligotrophic lake; Physics

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; GLACIERS; HYDROELECTRIC POWER PLANTS; LAKES; POSITIVE IONS; THERMAL STRATIFICATION;

WATER VOLUME;

MARINE BIOLOGY;

CHEMICAL PROPERTY; HYDROELECTRIC POWER PLANT; LAKE; OLIGOTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; PHYSICAL PROPERTY;

CHILE; LAKE CHAPO; LOS LAGOS; SOUTH AMERICA;

MUS;

EID: 0348251329     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:HYDR.0000008648.09515.25     Document Type: Article

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