Dissolved organic matter quantity and quality in Lake Simcoe compared to two other large lakes in southern Ontario

Inland Waters

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 139-152

  Hiriart Baer, Véronique P ^a   Binding, Caren ^a   Howell, Todd E ^b  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^b ONTARIO MINISTRY OF THE ENVIRONMENT   (Canada)

Author keywords

Absorption; DOM; Fluorescence; Lake Erie; Lake Ontario; Lake Simcoe; PARAFAC

Indexed keywords

EID: 84881515495     PISSN: 20442041     EISSN: 2044205X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5268/IW-3.2.535     Document Type: Article

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