Trends in nutrients, phytoplankton, and chloride in nearshore waters of Lake Ontario: Synchrony and relationships with physical conditions

Journal of Great Lakes Research

Volumn 38, Issue SUPPL.4, 2012, Pages 124-132

  Winter, Jennifer G ^a   Howell, E Todd ^a   Nakamoto, Lynda K ^a  

^a ONTARIO MINISTRY OF THE ENVIRONMENT   (Canada)

Author keywords

Chloride; Diatoms; Eutrophication; Lake Ontario; Nitrate; Silica

Indexed keywords

ALGAL CELLS; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION MODEL; CHLORIDE; CHLORIDE CONCENTRATIONS; CHLOROPHYLL A; CLIMATE INDEX; DIATOMS; INTERANNUAL; INTERANNUAL VARIATION; LAKE ONTARIO; LONG-TERM CHANGES; NEAR-SHORE WATERS; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION INDICES; NORTHERN HEMISPHERES; PHYSICAL CONDITIONS; ROUTINE MONITORING; SEASONAL VARIATION; SI CONCENTRATION; SNOW DEPTHS; SOUTHERN OSCILLATION INDEX;

CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; CHLOROPHYLL; CLIMATOLOGY; EUTROPHICATION; LAKES; NITRATES; PHYTOPLANKTON; SILICA; SILICON; SNOW MELTING SYSTEMS; WATER QUALITY;

CLIMATE MODELS;

ABUNDANCE; ANNUAL VARIATION; CHLORIDE; CHLOROPHYLL A; DIATOM; EUTROPHICATION; LAKE WATER; NITRATE; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; PHOSPHORUS; PHYTOPLANKTON; POPULATION DECLINE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SILICA; SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; TREND ANALYSIS; WASTE FACILITY; WATER QUALITY;

GREAT LAKES [NORTH AMERICA]; LAKE ONTARIO;

ALGAE; BACILLARIOPHYTA;

EID: 84869132584     PISSN: 03801330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jglr.2011.09.003     Document Type: Article

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