Limnology of a High Mountain Tropical Lake, in Ecuador: Characteristics of sediments and rate of sedimentation (Spanish);Limnología de un Lago Tropical de Alta Montaña, en Ecuador: Características de los sedimentos y tasa de sedimentación

Revista de Biologia Tropical

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 381-390

  Gunkel, Günter ^a  

^a TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

137Cs, 210Pb; Andes; Ecuador; Eutrophication; Lago San Pablo; Sedimentation rate

Indexed keywords

FRESH WATER; PHOSPHORUS;

ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ECUADOR; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EUTROPHICATION; METHODOLOGY; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; SEASON; SEDIMENT;

ALTITUDE; CHEMISTRY, PHYSICAL; ECUADOR; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EUTROPHICATION; FRESH WATER; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; PHOSPHORUS; SEASONS;

EID: 1642369926     PISSN: 00347744     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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