Predicting the frequencies of high chlorophyll levels in Florida Lakes from average chlorophyll or nutrient data

Lake and Reservoir Management

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 229-241

  Bachmann, Roger W ^a   Hoyer, Mark V ^a   Canfield, Daniel E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bloom frequencies; Chlorophyll; Nitrogen; Phosphorus; Subtropical lakes; Water quality

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745783579     PISSN: 07438141     EISSN: 10402381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07438140309354088     Document Type: Article

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