Physical and chemical limnology of a subsaline athalassic lake in West Greenland

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 524, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 167-192

  Willemse, Nicolaas W ^a   Van Dam, Oscar ^b   Van Helvoort, Pieter Jan ^a   Dankers, Rutger ^a   Brommer, Marit ^b   Schokker, Jeroen ^a   Valstar, Tessa E ^a   De Wolf, Hein ^c  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c Department of Geo Energy   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

arctic; Greenland; hydrology; limnology; meromixis; meteorological data; saline lakes

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL LIMNOLOGY; PHYTOPLANKATONS;

BIOCHEMISTRY; CATCHMENTS; CLIMATOLOGY; GEOCHEMISTRY; LAKES; PRODUCTIVITY; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; SILICA; SURFACE WATERS; WIND EFFECTS;

HYDROLOGY;

LIMNOLOGY; MEROMIXIS; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; SALINE LAKE;

ARCTIC; GREENLAND; WEST GREENLAND;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; DIATOMA; MUS;

EID: 3943102829     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:HYDR.0000036132.96154.01     Document Type: Article

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