Monitoring periphyton in lakes experiencing shoreline development

Lake and Reservoir Management

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 190-195

  Lambert, Daniel ^a   Cattaneo, Antonella ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Artificial substrata; Chlorophyll; Epilithon; Epipelon; Epiphyton; Epixylon; Lake monitoring; Shoreline residential development

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; EPIPHYTON;

EID: 48549090195     PISSN: 07438141     EISSN: 10402381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07438140809354060     Document Type: Article

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