Lake Ontario: Nearshore conditions and variability in water quality parameters

Journal of Great Lakes Research

Volumn 38, Issue SUPPL.4, 2012, Pages 133-145

  Yurista, Peder M ^a   Kelly, John R ^a   Miller, Samuel ^a   Van Alstine, Jon ^a  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Assessment; CTD; Lake Ontario; LOPC; Nearshore; Towed instrument array

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT; CTD; INSTRUMENT ARRAY; LAKE ONTARIO; LOPC; NEARSHORES;

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; LAKES; OCEAN HABITATS; SENSORS; SURVEYS; WATER QUALITY;

COASTAL ENGINEERING;

COASTAL WATER; CORRELATION; DATA PROCESSING; LANDSCAPE CHANGE; NEARSHORE DYNAMICS; PARAMETERIZATION; SAMPLING; SENSOR; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; SURVEYING; WATER QUALITY;

GREAT LAKES [NORTH AMERICA]; LAKE ONTARIO;

EID: 84859236434     PISSN: 03801330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jglr.2011.09.002     Document Type: Article

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