Ecological changes in two contrasting lakes associated with human activity and dust transport in western Wyoming

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 678-695

  Brahney, J ^a,d   Ballantyne, A P ^a,c   Kociolek, P ^a   Leavitt, P R ^b   Farmer, G L ^a   Neff, J C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF REGINA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOCHEMISTRY; CORE ANALYSIS; CYANOBACTERIUM; DIATOM; DISSOLVED MATTER; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; EMISSION; HUMAN ACTIVITY; OLIGOTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; PHOSPHORUS;

ROCKY MOUNTAINS; UNITED STATES; WIND RIVER RANGE; WYOMING;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; CYANOBACTERIA;

EID: 84999792376     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19395590     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lno.10050     Document Type: Article

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