Long-term seasonal and spatial trends in nutrients, chlorophyll a and light attenuation in Lake Ontario

State of Lake Ontario: Past, Present and Future

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 93-132

  Millard, E S ^a   Johannsson, O E ^a   Neilson, M A ^b   Ei Shaarawi, A H ^b  

^a GREAT LAKES LABORATORY FOR FISHERIES AND AQUATIC SCIENCES   (Canada)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Chlorophyll; Diatoms; Phosphorus; Seasonal; Silica; Spatial; Zebra mussels

Indexed keywords

EID: 85058753306     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: None     Document Type: Chapter

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