Physical and chemical limnology of 59 lakes located between the southern Yukon and the Tuktoyaktuk Peninsula, Northwest Territories (Canada)

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 330-346

  Pienitz, Reinhard ^a   Smol, John P ^b   Lean, David R S ^c  

^a CENTRE D ÉTUDES NORDIQUES   (Canada)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LAKE WATER QUALITY; LIMNOLOGY; LINEAR REGRESSION; PRINCIPAL COMPONENTS ANALYSIS; WATER CHEMISTRY;

CANADA, NORTHWEST TERRITORIES, TUKTOYAKTUK PENINSULA; CANADA, YUKON;

EID: 85047680138     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/f96-274     Document Type: Article

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