Basic limnology of fifty-one lakes in Costa Rica

Revista de Biologia Tropical

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 107-122

  Haberyan, Kurt A ^a   Horn, Sally P ^b   Gerardo Umana V ^c  

^a NORTHWEST MISSOURI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE COSTA RICA   (Costa Rica)

Author keywords

Costa rica; Lake biogeography; Lake ecology; Lakes; Limnology; Tropical

Indexed keywords

FRESH WATER; METAL; OXYGEN;

ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; COSTA RICA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; PH; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; TEMPERATURE;

ALTITUDE; CHEMISTRY, PHYSICAL; COSTA RICA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FRESH WATER; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; METALS; OXYGEN; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 1642348711     PISSN: 00347744     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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