Water-quality monitoring and biological integrity assessment in the Indian River Lagoon, Florida: Status, trends, and loadings (1988-1994)

Environmental Management

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 199-209

  Sigua, Gilbert C ^a   Steward, Joel S ^a   Tweedale, Wendy A ^a  

^a ST JOHNS RIVER WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT   (United States)

Author keywords

Estuary; Indian River Lagoon; Nutrient dynamics; Nutrient loading; Status and trend analyses; Water quality

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INTEGRITY ASSESSMENT; ESTUARINE LAGOONS;

CHLOROPHYLL; ESTUARIES; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; RIVERS; WATER QUALITY;

SURFACE WATER RESOURCES;

CHLOROPHYLL A; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; RIVER WATER; RUNOFF; STORM WATER;

BIODIVERSITY; CHLOROPHYLL A; NUTRIENT; WATER QUALITY;

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ESTUARY; GRASS; LAGOON; RIVER; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA; WATER FLOW; WATER QUALITY;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033958368     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002679910016     Document Type: Article

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