The large lake ecosystems of Northern Canada

Aquatic Ecosystem Health and Management

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 65-79

  Evans, M S ^a  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Great Bear Lake; Great Slave Lake; Lake Athabasca; Lake Winnipeg

Indexed keywords

EID: 85012495560     PISSN: 14634988     EISSN: 15394077     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14634980008656992     Document Type: Article

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