Limnological and statistical issues for monitoring the impact of a lake source cooling facility: Cayuga Lake, NY

Lake and Reservoir Management

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 239-256

  Matthews, David A ^a   Stehman, Stephen V ^b   Effler, Steven W ^a  

^a UPSTATE FRESHWATER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Before After Control Impact design; Environmental monitoring; Impact assessment; Sampling design; Statistical power; Statistics; Trophic state; Water quality

Indexed keywords

EID: 84987906629     PISSN: 07438141     EISSN: 10402381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07438140209354152     Document Type: Article

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