Spatial and temporal variation of ammonium in Lake Superior

Journal of Great Lakes Research

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 581-591

  Kumar, Sanjeev ^a,b   Sterner, Robert W ^a   Finlay, Jacques C ^a   Brovold, Sandra ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b ST FRANCIS XAVIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ammonium; Lake Superior; Nitrate; Remineralization; Variation

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); ECOLOGY; LAKES; SEDIMENTATION; STRATIGRAPHY;

BOTTOM WATERS; FOOD WEB; LAKE SUPERIOR; REMINERALIZATION;

AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS;

AMMONIUM; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FOOD WEB; NITRATE; NITROGEN CYCLE; SPATIAL VARIATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

GREAT LAKES; LAKE SUPERIOR; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 35549004122     PISSN: 03801330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3394/0380-1330(2007)33[581:SATVOA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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