Implications of redox processes for the rehabilitation of an urban lake, onondaga lake, New York

Lake and Reservoir Management

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 122-138

  Effler, Steven W ^a   Matthews, David A ^a  

^a UPSTATE FRESHWATER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anoxia; Dissolved oxygne; Eutrophication; Hypolimnetic anoxia; Lake rehabilitation; Mercury; Oxygenation; Redox; Sediment diagenesis

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DAPHNIA;

EID: 46749152674     PISSN: 07438141     EISSN: 10402381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07438140809354056     Document Type: Article

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