Impact of tributary DOM and nutrient inputs on the nearshore ecology of a large, oligotrophic lake (Georgian Bay, Lake Huron, Canada)

Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 321-332

  Bocaniov, Serghei A ^a,b   Barton, David R ^a   Schiff, Sherry L ^a   Smith, Ralph E H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dissolved organic matter; Lake metabolism; Nearshore eutrophication; Oxygen

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; EUTROPHICATION; METABOLISM; OLIGOTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; OXYGEN; PHYTOPLANKTON; PRISTINE ENVIRONMENT;

CANADA; GEORGIAN BAY; GREAT LAKES [NORTH AMERICA]; LAKE HURON; ONTARIO [CANADA];

EID: 84875403593     PISSN: 10151621     EISSN: 14209055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00027-012-0276-1     Document Type: Article

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