A spatiotemporal investigation of varved sediments highlights the dynamics of hypolimnetic hypoxia in a large hard-water lake over the last 150 years

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1395-1408

  Jenny, Jean Philippe ^a   Arnaud, Fabien ^a   Dorioz, Jean Marcel ^a   Giguet Covex, Charline ^a   Frossard, Victor ^b   Sabatier, Pierre ^a   Millet, Laurent ^b   Reyss, Jean Louis ^c   Tachikawa, Kazuyo ^d   Bard, Edouard ^d   Pignol, Cécile ^a   Soufi, Fayçal ^a   Romeyer, Olivier ^a   Perga, Marie Elodie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE SAVOIE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE FRANCHE COMTÉ   (France)

^c LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

^d AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; EUTROPHICATION; HYPOXIA; LAKE POLLUTION; LAKE WATER; SEWAGE DISPOSAL; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TROPHIC STATUS; VARVE; VOLUME;

BOURGET LAKE; FRANCE; RHONE-ALPES; SAVOIE;

EID: 84878757397     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.2013.58.4.1395     Document Type: Article

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