Impact of geese on the limnology of lakes and ponds from Bylot Island (Nunavut, Canada)

International Review of Hydrobiology

Volumn 95, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 105-129

  Côté, Ghislain ^a   Pienitz, Reinhard ^a   Velle, Gaute ^b   Wang, Xiaowa ^c  

^a CENTRE D ÉTUDES NORDIQUES   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^c ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Arctic; Freshwater ecosystems; Multivariate approach; Nutrients; Water birds

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE EFFECT; FECES; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; GLOBAL CHANGE; LIMNOLOGY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; POND; WATERFOWL;

BYLOT ISLAND; CANADA; NUNAVUT;

ANIMALIA; ANSER; AVES; CHEN; CHEN CAERULESCENS ATLANTICA;

EID: 77951743190     PISSN: 14342944     EISSN: 15222632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/iroh.200911151     Document Type: Article

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