Changes in mid-summer water temperature and clarity across the Great Lakes between 1968 and 2002

Journal of Great Lakes Research

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 371-384

  Dobiesz, Norine E ^a   Lester, Nigel P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b ONTARIO MINISTRY OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (Canada)

Author keywords

Climate change; Dreissenid mussels; Laurentian Great Lakes; Secchi depth; Water clarity; Water temperature

Indexed keywords

DREISSENID MUSSELS; LAURENTIAN GREAT LAKES; SECCHI DEPTH; WATER CLARITY; WATER TEMPERATURE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; PHOSPHORUS; TEMPERATURE;

LAKES;

ANNUAL VARIATION; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; BIVALVE; CLIMATE CHANGE; DECADAL VARIATION; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; PHOSPHORUS; SURFACE WATER; TURBIDITY; WATER QUALITY; WATER TEMPERATURE;

GREAT LAKES [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA;

DREISSENIDAE;

EID: 69249229477     PISSN: 03801330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jglr.2009.05.002     Document Type: Article

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