Risk analysis of dissolved organic matter-mediated ultraviolet B exposure in Canadian inland waters

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 61, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 2511-2521

  Molot, L A ^a   Keller, W ^b   Leavitt, P R ^c   Robarts, R D ^d   Waiser, M J ^d   Arts, M T ^d   Clair, T A ^d   Pienitz, R ^e   Yan, N D ^a   McNicol, D K ^d   Prairie, Y T ^f   Dillon, P J ^g   Macrae, M ^h   Bello, R ^a   Nordin, R N ^i,m   Curtis, P J ^j   Smol, J P ^k   Douglas, M S V ^l  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b LAURENTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF REGINA   (Canada)

^d ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^g TRENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^h WILFRID LAURIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

ⁱ British Columbia Ministry of Water Land and Air Protection   (Canada)

^j OKANAGAN UNIVERSITY COLLEGE   (Canada)

^k QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^l UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^m UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; RISK ASSESSMENT; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

DAPHNIA;

EID: 20844434960     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/f04-165     Document Type: Review

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