Assessing hypolimnetic oxygen concentrations in Canadian Shield lakes: Deriving management benchmarks using two methods

Lake and Reservoir Management

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 313-322

  Paterson, A M ^a   Quinlan, R ^b   Clark, B J ^a,c   Smol, J P ^d  

^a ONTARIO MINISTRY OF THE ENVIRONMENT   (Canada)

^b YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c AECOM   (Canada)

^d QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

chironomids; hypolimnion; lake management; lakes; oxygen; Precambrian Shield

Indexed keywords

CHIRONOMIDAE;

EID: 77956491653     PISSN: 07438141     EISSN: 10402381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07438140903117688     Document Type: Article

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