Linking year-to-year Cladophora variability in Lake Ontario to the temperature contrast between nearshore and offshore waters during the spring

Journal of Great Lakes Research

Volumn 38, Issue SUPPL.4, 2012, Pages 85-90

  Vodacek, Anthony ^a  

^a ROCHESTER INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Beach closures; Cladophora; Lake Ontario; Remote sensing; Water temperature

Indexed keywords

BEACH CLOSURES; CLADOPHORA; HEATING PERIOD; LAKE ONTARIO; NEAR-SHORE WATERS; NEARSHORES; OFFSHORE WATER; ONTARIO; PHYSICAL CONDITIONS; POTENTIAL REACTIONS; SATELLITE INFORMATION; SATELLITE SENSORS; SURFACE TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION; TEMPERATURE CONTRAST; TEMPORAL CHARACTERISTICS; WATER TEMPERATURES;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; BEACHES; CLIMATE CHANGE; COASTAL ENGINEERING; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITES;

LAKES;

CORRELATION; GREEN ALGA; REMOTE SENSING; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SPRING (SEASON); TEMPERATURE EFFECT; WATER TEMPERATURE;

GREAT LAKES [NORTH AMERICA]; LAKE ONTARIO; NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; ROCHESTER; UNITED STATES;

ALGAE; CLADOPHORA;

EID: 84869135798     PISSN: 03801330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jglr.2012.02.013     Document Type: Article

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