Effects of impoundment on nutrient availability and productivity in lakes

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 2629-2640

  Matzinger, Andreas ^a,b   Pieters, Roger ^c   Ashley, Ken I ^c   Lawrence, Gregory A ^c   Wüest, Alfred ^a,b  

^a SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DAM CONSTRUCTION; IMPOUNDMENT; LAKE WATER; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; OUTFLOW; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; RESERVOIR; SALMONID;

ARROW LAKES RESERVOIR; BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; HUGH KEENLEYSIDE DAM; NORTH AMERICA;

ONCORHYNCHUS; ONCORHYNCHUS NERKA;

EID: 36749100518     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.2007.52.6.2629     Document Type: Article

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