Changes in water chemistry associated with beaver-impounded coastal marshes of eastern Georgian Bay

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 70, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 834-840

  Fracz, Amanda ^a   Chow Fraser, Patricia ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPHYLL; COASTAL ZONE; IMPOUNDMENT; ION; MARSH; PHOSPHORUS; RODENT; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT; TURBIDITY; WATER CHEMISTRY; WETLAND;

CANADA; CANADIAN SHIELD; GEORGIAN BAY; ONTARIO [CANADA];

EID: 84878789031     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: 12057533     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/cjfas-2012-0431     Document Type: Article

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