Contributions of autochthonous and allochthonous sources to dissolved organic matter in a large, shallow, eutrophic lake with a highly calcareous catchment

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1259-1270

  Toming, Kaire ^a,b   Tuvikene, Lea ^a   Vilbaste, Sirje ^a   Agasild, Helen ^a   Viik, Malle ^a   Kisand, Anu ^a,c   Feldmann, Tõnu ^a   Martma, Tõnu ^c   Jones, Roger I ^d   Nõges, Tiina ^a  

^a ESTONIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Estonia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^c TALLINN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Estonia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLOCHTHON; AUTOCHTHON; BIODEGRADATION; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; CATCHMENT; DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; EUTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; GROWING SEASON; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; PHYTOPLANKTON; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

ESTONIA; LAKE VORTSJARV;

EID: 84878750829     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.2013.58.4.1259     Document Type: Article

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