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Limnological aspects of Lake Mead, Nevada-Arizona

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Title Limnological aspects of Lake Mead, Nevada-Arizona
Creator Baker, John R. Deacon, James E. Burke, Thomas A. Egdorf, Samuel S. Paulson, Larry J. Tew, Richard W. Bureau of Reclamation
Description Lake Mead is a deep, subtropical, moderately productive, desert impoundment with a negative heterograde oxygen profile occurring during; the summer stratification. investigations of the Boulder Basin of Lake Mead by the University of Nevada were initiated in November 1971. The primary objective of the study was to determine what effects industrial and sewage effluent from the Las Vegas metropolitan area, discharged into Las Vegas Bay, have had on the water quality and limnological conditions...
Date 1977-06-01T07:00:00Z
Type technicalreport
Format application/pdf
Identifier https://digitalscholarship.unlv.edu/water_pubs/51 https://digitalscholarship.unlv.edu/context/water_pubs/article/1053/viewcontent/JRBakerLimnologicalAspectsLakeMead_06_1977.pdf
Source Publications (WR)
Language English
Publisher Digital Scholarship@UNLV
Subject Aquatic chemistry Bacteria Dissolved oxygen Eutrophication Lake Mead (Ariz. and Nev.) Las Vegas Bay (Nev.) Las Vegas Wash (Nev.) Phytoplankton Pumped storage Water pollution Water quality Biochemistry Biology Desert Ecology Environmental Health Environmental Health and Protection Environmental Indicators and Impact Assessment Environmental Monitoring Environmental Sciences Fresh Water Studies Natural Resources and Conservation Sustainability Terrestrial and Aquatic Ecology

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