An empirical evaluation of the nutrient-color paradigm for lakes

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 1137-1148

  Webster, Katherine E ^a   Soranno, Patricia A ^b   Cheruvelil, Kendra Spence ^b   Bremigan, Mary T ^b   Downing, John A ^c   Vaux, Peter D ^a   Asplund, Timothy R ^d   Bacon, Linda C ^e   Connor, Jody ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d WISCONSIN DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (United States)

^e Maine Department of Environmental Protection   (United States)

^f New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLOCHTHONY; AUTOTROPHY; CHLOROPHYLL A; COLOR; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; HETEROTROPHY; LAKE; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; RETENTION; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT; TROPHIC STATUS;

EID: 44949169349     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.2008.53.3.1137     Document Type: Article

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