The state of Lake Simcoe (Ontario, Canada): The effects of multiple stressors on phosphorus and oxygen dynamics

Inland Waters

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 51-74

  North, R L ^a,m   Barton, D ^b   Crowe, A S ^c   Dillon, P J ^a   Dolson, R M L ^d   Evans, D O ^a   Ginn, B K ^e   Hakanson L ^f   Hawryshyn, J ^g   Jarjanazi, H ^h   King, J W ⁱ   La Rose, J K L ^d   Leon L ^c   Lewis, C F M ^j   Liddle, G E ^d   Lin, Z H ^a   Longstaffe, F J ^k   Macdonald, R A ^k   Molot, L ^l   Ozersky, T ^a   Palmer, M E ^h   Quinlan, R ^l   Rennie, M D ^a,n   Robillard, M M ^d   Rode D ^l   Ruhland K M ^f   Schwalb, A ^b   Smol, J P ^g   Stainsby, E ^h   Trumpickas, J J ^d   Winter, J G ^h   Young, J D ^h   more..

^a TRENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^c ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^d ONTARIO MINISTRY OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (Canada)

^e Lake Simcoe Region Conservation Authority   (Canada)

^f UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^g QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^h ONTARIO MINISTRY OF THE ENVIRONMENT   (Canada)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^j GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^k UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^l YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^m UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

ⁿ FRESHWATER INSTITUTE   (Canada)

more..

Author keywords

Coldwater fishery; Dreissenids; Eutrophication; Groundwater; Hypolimnetic oxygen; Nearshore shunt hypothesis; Paleolimnology; Phosphorus

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875136527     PISSN: 20442041     EISSN: 2044205X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5268/IW-3.1.529     Document Type: Article

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