Lakes and streams as sentinels of environmental change in terrestrial and atmospheric processes

Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 247-254

  Williamson, Craig E ^a   Dodds, Walter ^b   Kratz, Timothy K ^c   Palmer, Margaret A ^d,e  

^a MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE   (United States)

^e Bldg 142   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CONNECTIVITY; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; LAKE; METABOLISM; MITIGATION; STREAM; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEM;

EID: 44449137007     PISSN: 15409295     EISSN: 15409309     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/070140     Document Type: Review

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