Phosphorus budget and productivity of an experimental lake during the initial three years of cage aquaculture

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 65, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 2485-2495

  Bristow, Corben E ^a   Morin, Antoine ^a   Hesslein, Ray H ^b   Podemski, Cheryl L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b FISHERIES AND OCEANS CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; CAGE CULTURE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DISSOLVED OXYGEN; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FISHERY; LAKE; OLIGOTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; PHOSPHORUS; PRECAMBRIAN; SALMONID;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; ONTARIO [CANADA];

ONCORHYNCHUS MYKISS;

EID: 56249148518     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/F08-155     Document Type: Article

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