Littoral zones as sources of biodegradable dissolved organic carbon in lakes

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 65, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 2454-2460

  Stets, E G ^a,b   Cotner, J B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODEGRADATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; LAKE; LAKE WATER;

MINNESOTA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 56249092085     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/F08-142     Document Type: Article

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