Comparison of an urban lake targeted for rehabilitation and a reference lake based on robotic monitoring

Lake and Reservoir Management

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 11-26

  Denkenberger, Joseph S ^a   Driscoll, Charles T ^a   Effler, Steven W ^b   O'Donnell, David M ^b   Matthews, David A ^b  

^a Syracuse University   (United States)

^b UPSTATE FRESHWATER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Hypolimnetic oxygen depletion; Lake rehabilitation; Primary productivity; Reference ecosystems; Robotic monitoring; Water quality standards

Indexed keywords

EID: 34247243316     PISSN: 07438141     EISSN: 10402381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07438140709353906     Document Type: Article

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