The limnology of Williston Reservoir: British Columbia's largest lacustrine ecosystem

Water Quality Research Journal of Canada

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 28-50

  Stockner, John ^a,b   Langston, Arne ^c   Sebastian, Dale ^d   Wilson, Greg ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b Eco Logic Ltd   (Canada)

^c Ministry of Water Land and Air Protection   (Canada)

^d Biodiversity Branch   (Canada)

Author keywords

Carbon production; Fisheries; Food webs; Limnology; Phosphorus loads; Phytoplankton; Picoplankton; Reservoir; Zooplankton

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); ECOSYSTEMS; PHOSPHORUS; UNDERWATER ACOUSTICS;

BIOGEOCLIMATIC DIVERSITY; LACUSTRINE ECOSYSTEMS; LIMNOLOGY; TOTAL DISSOLVED PHOSPHORUS (TDP);

RESERVOIRS (WATER);

FOOD WEB; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; LIMNOLOGY; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; WATER QUALITY; ZOOPLANKTON;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WILLISTON LAKE; WORLD;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CILIOPHORA; COPEPODA; CYANOBACTERIA; MASTIGOPHORA (FLAGELLATES); PASTINACA SATIVA;

EID: 18344363916     PISSN: 12013080     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wqrj.2005.003     Document Type: Article

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