Phosphorus loads to surface waters: A simple model to account for spatial pattern of land use

Ecological Applications

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 865-878

  Soranno, P A ^a   Hubler, S L ^a,c   Carpenter, S R ^a   Lathrop, R C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b WISCONSIN DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (United States)

^c BIOSPHERICAL INSTRUMENTS INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Export coefficients; Flux coefficients; Lake Mendota; Land use; Nonpoint source; Phosphorus loading; Riparian; Water quality modeling; Watershed; Wisconsin

Indexed keywords

RIPARIA;

EUTROPHIC LAKE; LAND USE; PHOSPHORUS LOADING; RIPARIAN CORRIDOR; SURFACE WATER QUALITY;

USA, WISCONSIN, LAKE MENDOTA;

EID: 0030433812     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2269490     Document Type: Article

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