Tributary impacts on nearshore surface water quality detected during a late summer circumnavigation along the 20 m isopleth of Lake Ontario

Journal of Great Lakes Research

Volumn 38, Issue SUPPL.4, 2012, Pages 99-104

  Twiss, Michael R ^a   Marshall, Nicholas F ^a  

^a CLARKSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ferry box; Monitoring; Nearshore; Phytoplankton; Surveillance; Water quality

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPHYLL A; CHROMOPHORIC DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; CONTINUOUS SAMPLING; FERRY BOX; GREAT LAKES; LAKE ONTARIO; MICROPLANKTONS; NEAR-SHORE WATERS; NEARSHORES; PICOPLANKTON; SPECIFIC CONDUCTIVITY; WATER QUALITY MEASUREMENT; WATER TEMPERATURES;

CHLOROPHYLL; LAKES; MONITORING; PHYTOPLANKTON; PLANTS (BOTANY); SPACE SURVEILLANCE; WATER QUALITY;

COASTAL ENGINEERING;

CHLOROPHYLL A; LAKE WATER; PHYTOPLANKTON; SAMPLING; TRIBUTARY; WATER QUALITY; WATER TEMPERATURE;

GREAT LAKES [NORTH AMERICA]; LAKE ONTARIO;

CHLOROPHYTA; CRYPTOPHYTA; CYANOBACTERIA; DINOPHYCEAE; EUGLENIDA;

EID: 84869123865     PISSN: 03801330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jglr.2012.02.012     Document Type: Article

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