Phosphorus loadings associated with a park tourist attraction: Limnological consequences of feeding the fish

Environmental Management

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 526-533

  Turner, Andrew M ^a   Ruhl, Nathan ^b  

^a CLARION UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Carp; Eutrophication; Nutrient enrichment; Phosphorus loading; Visitor impacts

Indexed keywords

CARP; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; PHOSPHORUS LOADING; VISITOR IMPACTS;

EUTROPHICATION; FISH; PHOSPHORUS; RAIN;

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION;

PHOSPHORUS;

CYPRINID; EUTROPHICATION; HUMAN ACTIVITY; NONPOINT SOURCE POLLUTION; PHOSPHORUS; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; SPILLWAY; TOURIST ATTRACTION; WATER POLLUTION; WATERFOWL;

ARTICLE; BREAD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORN; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; FISH; FOOD; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; LIMNOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT LOADING; SUMMER;

ANIMALS; BREAD; CARPS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EUTROPHICATION; FRESH WATER; HUMANS; PENNSYLVANIA; PHOSPHORUS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

LINESVILLE CREEK; NORTH AMERICA; PENNSYLVANIA; PYMATUNING STATE PARK; UNITED STATES;

ANATIDAE; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CYPRINIDAE; CYPRINUS CARPIO; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 33947361204     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: 14321009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00267-005-0155-9     Document Type: Article

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