Long-term trends in major ions and nutrients in Lake Ontario

Aquatic Ecosystem Health and Management

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 281-295

  Dove, Alice ^a  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Calcium; Chloride; Dreissena; Monitoring; Nitrogen; Phosphorus; Silica; Sodium; Transparency; Water quality

Indexed keywords

BACILLARIOPHYTA; DREISSENA;

EID: 70449338174     PISSN: 14634988     EISSN: 15394077     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14634980903136388     Document Type: Article

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