Phosphorus inputs to Lake Simcoe from 1990 to 2003: Declines in tributary loads and observations on lake water quality

Journal of Great Lakes Research

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 381-396

  Winter, Jennifer G ^a,b   Eimers, M Catherine ^b   Dillon, Peter J ^b   Scott, Lem D ^a   Scheider, Wolfgang A ^a   Willox, Campbell C ^c  

^a ONTARIO MINISTRY OF THE ENVIRONMENT   (Canada)

^b TRENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c ONTARIO MINISTRY OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dissolved oxygen; Eutrophication; Lake Simcoe; Phosphorus; Water quality

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; CATCHMENTS; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; EUTROPHICATION; FISH PONDS; LAKE POLLUTION; PHOSPHORUS; VEGETATION;

COLD WATER FISH HABITAT; FILAMENTOUS ALGAE; HYPOLIMNETIC DISSOLVED OXYGEN DEPLETION; LAKE WATER QUALITY; MACROPHYTES; NEARSHORE ZONE; PLANT GROWTH; TOTAL PHOSPHORUS INPUTS; TRIBUTARY DISCHARGE; TRIBUTARY LOADS;

WATER QUALITY;

DISSOLVED OXYGEN; EUTROPHICATION; FILAMENTOUS ALGA; GROWTH RATE; LACUSTRINE ENVIRONMENT; LAKE WATER; PHOSPHORUS; SALMONID; WATER QUALITY;

CANADA; LAKE SIMCOE; NORTH AMERICA; ONTARIO [CANADA];

ALGAE; SALMONIDAE; SALVELINUS NAMAYCUSH;

EID: 34547093637     PISSN: 03801330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3394/0380-1330(2007)33[381:PITLSF]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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