Comment: An alternative interpretation of the relationship between TN:TP and microcystins in Canadian lakes

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 70, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1265-1268

  Scott, J Thad ^a   McCarthy, Mark J ^b   Otten, Timothy G ^c,d   Steffen, Morgan M ^e   Baker, Bryant C ^a   Grantz, Erin M ^a   Wilhelm, Steven W ^e   Paerl, Hans W ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^c University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^d OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LAKE WATER; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; TOXIN;

CANADA;

EID: 84880937780     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: 12057533     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/cjfas-2012-0490     Document Type: Article

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