An Evaluation of Effects of Groundwater Exchange on Nearshore Habitats and Water Quality of Western Lake Erie

Journal of Great Lakes Research

Volumn 31, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2005, Pages 45-63

  Haack, Sheridan K ^a   Neff, Brian P ^a   Rosenberry, Donald O ^b   Savino, Jacqueline F ^a   Lundstrom, Scott C ^b  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

groundwater; nearshore; Silurian Devonian aquifer; water chemistry; Western Lake Erie

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; GAME THEORY; GEOLOGIC MODELS; GROUNDWATER FLOW; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDROGEOLOGY; MINES; OCEAN HABITATS; QUARRIES; UNDERGROUND RESERVOIRS; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

BIOLOGICAL PROCESS; CARBONATE AQUIFERS; CONCEPTUAL MODELS; FISH COMMUNITIES; GREAT LAKES; GROUNDWATER CHEMISTRIES; GROUNDWATER FLOW DIRECTIONS; INVERTEBRATE COMMUNITIES; LAKE LEVELS; LAKE WATERS; NEARSHORE; POTENTIOMETRIC SURFACES; REGIONAL GROUNDWATERS; SHALLOW GROUNDWATERS; SHALLOW LAKES; SILURIAN/DEVONIAN AQUIFER; TAXONOMIC GROUPS; WATER CHEMISTRY; WESTERN LAKE ERIE;

LAKES;

INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 61649113560     PISSN: 03801330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0380-1330(05)70289-6     Document Type: Article

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