Recent changes and patterns in the water chemistry of Lake Simcoe

Journal of Great Lakes Research

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 322-332

  Eimers, M Catherine ^a,b   Winter, Jennifer G ^a   Scheider, Wolfgang A ^a   Watmough, Shaun A ^b   Nicholls, Ken H ^c  

^a ONTARIO MINISTRY OF THE ENVIRONMENT   (Canada)

^b TRENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dissolved oxygen; Lake Simcoe; Nutrient status; Phosphorus; Phytoplankton bio volume

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; PHOSPHORUS; PLANTS (BOTANY); POPULATION STATISTICS; WATER BACTERIOLOGY;

DISSOLVED OXYGEN; LAKE SIMCOE; NUTRIENT STATUS; PHYTOPLANKTON BIO-VOLUME;

LAKES;

DISSOLVED OXYGEN; NUTRIENT; PHOSPHORUS; URBANIZATION; WATER CHEMISTRY;

CANADA; LAKE SIMCOE; NORTH AMERICA; ONTARIO; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

DREISSENA POLYMORPHA;

EID: 26844522857     PISSN: 03801330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0380-1330(05)70263-x     Document Type: Article

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