Quantification of oxygen depletion in lakes and reservoirs with the hypoxic factor

Lake and Reservoir Management

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 299-306

  Nürnberg, Gertrud K ^a  

^a RRI   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anoxia; Climatic index; Lakes; Oxygen depletion; Oxygen standards or criteria or guidelines; Quantification of hypoxia; Reservoirs; Snake River Reservoir; TMDL

Indexed keywords

EID: 34247220731     PISSN: 07438141     EISSN: 10402381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07438140209353936     Document Type: Article

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