Thermal stratification, mixing, and heat budgets of Florida lakes

Fundamental and Applied Limnology

Volumn 174, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 283-293

  Escobar, Jaime ^a   Buck, David G ^a   Brenner, Mark ^a   Curtis, Jason H ^a   Hoyos, Natalia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Dissolved oxygen; Heat budgets; Sub tropical lakes; Thermal regimes; Warm monomictic

Indexed keywords

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; DEEP WATER; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; ISOTHERM; LAKE; SURFACE WATER; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; VEGETATION TYPE; WATER COLUMN;

FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; LAKE TULANE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77954611544     PISSN: 18639135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/1863-9135/2009/0174-0283     Document Type: Article

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