Water quality changes in south-central Ontario lakes and the role of local factors in regulating lake response to regional stressors

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 68, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1038-1050

  Palmer, Michelle E ^a   Yan, Norman D ^a,b   Paterson, Andrew M ^b   Girard, Robert E ^b  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b ONTARIO MINISTRY OF THE ENVIRONMENT   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; LAKE POLLUTION; LAKE WATER; LONG-TERM CHANGE; MORPHOMETRY; POLLUTION MONITORING; RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT; SAMPLING; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; WATER QUALITY;

CANADA; DORSET [ONTARIO]; GREAT LAKES [NORTH AMERICA]; LAKE ONTARIO; ONTARIO [CANADA];

EID: 79960618043     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: 12057533     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/f2011-041     Document Type: Article

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