Long-term declines in phosphorus export from forested catchments in south-central Ontario

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 66, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1682-1692

  Catherine Eimers, M ^a   Watmough, Shaun A ^a   Paterson, Andrew M ^b   Dillon, Peter J ^a   Yao, Huaxia ^b  

^a TRENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Dorset Environmental Science Centre   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENT; HUMAN ACTIVITY; LACUSTRINE ENVIRONMENT; PHOSPHORUS; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; STREAMFLOW;

CANADIAN SHIELD; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 70350144579     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/F09-101     Document Type: Article

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