Long term (1974-2001) volunteer monitoring of water clarity trends in Michigan lakes and their relation to ecoregion and land use/cover

Lake and Reservoir Management

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 10-23

  Bruhn, Laura C ^a   Soranno, Patricia A ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecoregion; Land use cover; Michigan lakes; Secchi; Volunteer monitoring; Water clarity

Indexed keywords

EID: 17144432315     PISSN: 10402381     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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