Agricultural lakes in Finland: Current water quality and trends

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 116, Issue 1-3, 2006, Pages 111-135

  Ekholm, Petri ^a   Mitikka, S ^a  

^a FINNISH ENVIRONMENT INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Eutrophication; Lakes; Trend analysis; Water quality

Indexed keywords

HYPERTROPHIC; NUTRIENT LOAD; TREND ANALYSIS;

AGRICULTURE; CHLOROPHYLL; EUTROPHICATION; TURBIDITY; WATER QUALITY;

LAKES;

CHLOROPHYLL A; LAKE WATER; SURFACE WATER;

CHLOROPHYLL A; LAKE; LAKE POLLUTION; NUTRIENT; SURFACE WATER; TURBIDITY; WATER QUALITY;

AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; ARTICLE; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FINLAND; NUTRIENT CONCENTRATION; NUTRIENT CONTENT; NUTRIENT LOADING; TREND STUDY; TROPHIC LEVEL; TURBIDITY; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER POLLUTION CONTROL; WATER QUALITY; WATER SAMPLING;

AGRICULTURE; ALGAE; BIOMASS; CHLOROPHYLL; DATABASES; DATABASES AS TOPIC; EUKARYOTA; EUTROPHICATION; FINLAND; FOOD; FRESH WATER; GEOGRAPHY; NEPHELOMETRY AND TURBIDIMETRY; PHOSPHORUS; SEASONS;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FINLAND; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA;

EID: 33745194660     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-006-7231-3     Document Type: Article

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