Application of Phoslock™, an innovative phosphorus binding clay, to two Western Australian waterways: Preliminary findings

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 494, Issue , 2003, Pages 237-243

  Robb, Malcolm ^a   Greenop, Bruce ^a   Goss, Zoe ^a   Douglas, Grant ^b   Adeney, John ^b  

^a Water and Rivers Commission   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Eutrophication; Phoslock ; Sediment phosphorus management; Sediment remediation

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; CLAY; ESTUARIES; PHOSPHORUS; PLANTS (BOTANY); RIVERS; SEDIMENTS;

PHYTOPLANKTONS;

WATERWAY TRANSPORTATION;

ALGAL BLOOM; CLAY; EUTROPHICATION; PHOSPHORUS; REMEDIATION;

ALGAE;

EID: 0141564971     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1025478618611     Document Type: Conference Paper

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