Changing perspectives on the importance of urban phosphorus inputs as the cause of nutrient enrichment in Lough Neagh

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 310, Issue 1-3, 2003, Pages 87-99

  Foy, R H ^a   Lennox, S D ^b   Gibson, C E ^a  

^a Agric and Environ Science Division   (United Kingdom)

^b Biometrics Division   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Lough Neagh; Nutrient enrichment; Phophorus

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; LAKES; PHOSPHORUS; SEDIMENTS;

CHRONOLOGY;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT;

PHOSPHORUS; SILICON DIOXIDE;

BIOCHRONOLOGY; DIATOM; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; PHOSPHORUS; POLLUTION MONITORING; SEWAGE;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CHIRONOMIDAE; DIATOM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; LAKE SEDIMENT; NUTRIENT CONCENTRATION; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; NUTRIENT SUPPLY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIVER; SEPTIC TANK; SEWAGE TREATMENT; URBAN AREA; WATER FLOW;

LOUGH NEAGH; NORTHERN IRELAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

BACILLARIOPHYTA;

EID: 0038276983     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0048-9697(02)00625-3     Document Type: Article

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