Use of turbidometry to characterize suspended sediment and phosphorus fluxes in the Lake Tahoe basin, California, USA

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 281-291

  Stubblefield, Andrew P ^a   Reuter, John E ^b   Dahlgren, Randy A ^b   Goldman, Charles R ^b  

^a HUMBOLDT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Hysteresis; Lake Tahoe; Phosphorus; Rivers; Sediment; TMDL; Turbidometry; Water quality

Indexed keywords

HYSTERESIS; LAKES; PHOSPHORUS; SEDIMENTS; TURBIDITY; WATERSHEDS;

PHOSPHORUS FLUXES; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT; TURBIDOMETRY; WATER QUALITY SAMPLES;

WATER QUALITY;

HYSTERESIS; LAKES; PHOSPHORUS; SEDIMENTS; TURBIDITY; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHEDS;

MONITORING; PHOSPHORUS; RATING CURVE; RIVER DISCHARGE; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SUBALPINE ENVIRONMENT; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT; TURBIDITY; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHED;

LAKE TAHOE BASIN; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33846674253     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.6234     Document Type: Article

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