The regional abundance and size distribution of lakes and reservoirs in the United States and implications for estimates of global lake extent

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 597-606

  McDonald, Cory P ^a   Rover, Jennifer A ^b   Stets, Edward G ^a   Striegl, Robert G ^a  

^a DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA SET; ESTIMATION METHOD; LAKE; RESERVOIR; SURFACE AREA;

ALASKA; GREAT LAKES [NORTH AMERICA]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84862682510     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.2012.57.2.0597     Document Type: Article

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