Phosphorus loading reductions needed to control blue-green algal blooms in Lake Mendota

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1169-1178

  Lathrop, Richard C ^a,b   Carpenter, Stephen R ^b   Stow, Craig A ^b,c   Soranno, Patricia A ^b,d   Panuska, John C ^a  

^a WISCONSIN DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGAL BLOOM; LAKE; PHOSPHORUS; POLLUTION CONTROL; WATER QUALITY;

LAKE MENDOTA; UNITED STATES; WISCINSIN;

ALGAE;

EID: 0031773184     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/f97-317     Document Type: Article

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