Periphyton, water quality, and land use at multiple spatial scales in Alberta rivers

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 62, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1309-1319

  Carr, Geneviève M ^a,c   Chambers, Patricia A ^b   Morin, Antoine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^c Global Environment Monitoring System/Water Programme   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LAND USE; NUTRIENT; PERIPHYTON; SCALE EFFECT; WATER QUALITY;

ALBERTA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 27144522547     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/f05-044     Document Type: Article

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