Water color affects the stratification, surface temperature, heat content, and mean epilimnetic irradiance of small lakes

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 63, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 2447-2455

  Houser, Jeffrey N ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b NATIONAL WILDLIFE HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLOR; EPILIMNION; LAKE DYNAMICS; LAKE WATER; STRATIFICATION; THERMOCLINE; WATER QUALITY; WATER TEMPERATURE;

EID: 33846127191     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/F06-131     Document Type: Article

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