Total phosphorus budgets and nitrogen loads: Lake Simcoe, Ontario (1990 to 1998)

Journal of Great Lakes Research

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 301-314

  Winter, Jennifer G ^a   Dillon, Peter J ^a   Futter, Martyn N ^b   Nicholls, Ken H ^c   Scheider, Wolfgang A ^b   Scott, Lem D ^b  

^a TRENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b ONTARIO MINISTRY OF THE ENVIRONMENT   (Canada)

^c Environ Monitoring/Reporting Branch ^*  (Canada)

Author keywords

Eutrophication; Lake Simcoe; Modeling; Nitrogen; Nutrient loading; Phosphorus; Vegetable polders

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; EUTROPHICATION; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; RIVERS;

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION;

LAKE POLLUTION;

EUTROPHICATION; LAKE WATER; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; WATER QUALITY;

CANADA; LAKE SIMCOE; ONTARIO;

EID: 0036386110     PISSN: 03801330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0380-1330(02)70586-8     Document Type: Article

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