Natural variability in lakes and reservoirs should be recognized in setting nutrient criteria

Lake and Reservoir Management

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 161-166

  Knowlton, Matthew F ^a   Jones, John R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Nutrient criteria; Reservoirs; Temporal variation

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745768430     PISSN: 07438141     EISSN: 10402381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07438140609353893     Document Type: Article

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