Developing nutrient targets to control benthic chlorophyll levels in streams: A case study of the Clark Fork River

Water Research

Volumn 31, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 1738-1750

  Dodds, W K ^a   Smith, V H ^b   Zander, B ^c  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^c US Environmental Protection Agency Region 8   (United States)

Author keywords

Benthic algae; Eutrophication; Nitrogen; Periphyton; Phosphorus; Rivers; Streams

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPHYLL; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; RIVER WATER;

ALGA; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; DATA BASE; EUTROPHICATION; PLANT GROWTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES; WATER QUALITY;

ALGAE;

BENTHIC ALGAE; EUTROPHICATION; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; RIVER WATER QUALITY; WATER QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

USA, MONTANA, CLARK FORK RIVER;

ALGAE; BIOMASS; CHLOROPHYLL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATABASE SYSTEMS; GRAPHIC METHODS; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RIVERS; SPREADSHEETS;

EUTROPHICATION; PERIPHYTON;

WATER POLLUTION CONTROL;

EID: 0030616121     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0043-1354(96)00389-2     Document Type: Article

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