Establishing pollutant load reduction targets for the Indian River Lagoon, Florida

Journal of the American Water Resources Association

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 123-132

  Sigua, Gilbert C ^a   Steward, Joel S ^a  

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

Author keywords

Estuary; IRL; Loading; N; Nutrient; P; Runoff; Seagrass; TSS

Indexed keywords

DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; WATER QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; LAGOON; MODEL; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; ORGANIC MATTER; PHYTOREMEDIATION; SEAGRASS; SEDIMENT; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; UNITED STATES; WATER POLLUTION CONTROL; WATER SAMPLING;

ESTUARIES; HYDRODYNAMICS; HYDROLOGY; MARINE BIOLOGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; RUNOFF; SEDIMENTS; VEGETATION; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER QUALITY;

MARINE POLLUTION;

BIOREMEDIATION; ESTUARY; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; POLLUTION CONTROL; SEAGRASS; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY;

UNITED STATES;

HALOPHILA;

EID: 0034023633     PISSN: 1093474X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-1688.2000.tb04254.x     Document Type: Article

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