Assessment of long-term trends in the oxygen resources of a recovering urban lake, onondaga lake, New York

Lake and Reservoir Management

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 19-32

  Matthews, David A ^a   Effler, Steven W ^a  

^a UPSTATE FRESHWATER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anoxia; Diel variations; Dissolved oxygen; Eutrophication; Lake rehabilitation; Monitoring frequency; Sediment diagenesis; Water quality standards

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645633236     PISSN: 07438141     EISSN: 10402381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07438140609353881     Document Type: Article

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