"Dead Zone" dynamics in Lake Erie: The importance of weather and sampling intensity for calculated hypolimnetic oxygen depletion rates

Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 289-304

  Conroy, Joseph D ^a,e   Boegman, Leon ^b   Zhang, Hongyan ^c   Edwards, William J ^d   Culver, David A ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^d NIAGARA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e OHIO DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Anoxia; CE QUAL W2; Hypoxia; Storm induced mixing

Indexed keywords

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; BASELINE CONDITIONS; CLIMATE EFFECT; DISCHARGE; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HYPOLIMNION; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; SAMPLING; SEASONAL VARIATION; STORM; STRATIFICATION; TEMPERATURE PROFILE; TRIBUTARY;

GREAT LAKES [NORTH AMERICA]; LAKE ERIE;

EID: 79955130991     PISSN: 10151621     EISSN: 14209055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00027-010-0176-1     Document Type: Article

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