Contemporary trends of temperature, nutrient loading, and water quality in large Lakes Peipsi and Võrtsjärv, Estonia

Aquatic Ecosystem Health and Management

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 143-153

  Nõges, Tiina ^a,b   Tuvikene, Lea ^a   Nõges, Peeter ^a,b  

^a ESTONIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Estonia)

^b JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Longterm trends; Nutrients; Surface water temperature

Indexed keywords

CYANOBACTERIA;

EID: 77953604451     PISSN: 14634988     EISSN: 15394077     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14634981003788987     Document Type: Article

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