Comparison of regional stream and lake chemistry: Differences, similarities, and potential drivers

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1551-1562

  Lottig, Noah R ^a   Stanley, Emily H ^a   Hanson, Paul C ^a   Kratz, Timothy K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; GROUNDWATER FLOW; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; LAKE; LANDSCAPE; MAGNITUDE; MINERAL; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STREAM; WATER CHEMISTRY; WETLAND;

UNITED STATES; WISCONSIN;

EID: 79960968690     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.2011.56.5.1551     Document Type: Article

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