Augmentation of a long-term monitoring program for lake george, ny by citizen volunteers

Lake and Reservoir Management

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 121-129

  Boylen, Charles W ^a   Howe, Eric A ^a   Bartkowski, Jeffrey S ^a   Eichler, Lawrence W ^a  

^a RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Lake George; Lay monitoring; Long term lake monitoring; New York; Secchi; Volunteer

Indexed keywords

EID: 3242663638     PISSN: 07438141     EISSN: 10402381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07438140409354356     Document Type: Article

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