Trend analysis of nutrient concentrations and loads in selected canals of the Southern Indian River Lagoon, Florida: Trend analysis of surface water nutrients

Water, Air, and Soil Pollution

Volumn 186, Issue 1-4, 2007, Pages 195-208

  Qian, Yun ^a   Migliaccio, Kati W ^a   Wan, Yongshan ^b   Li, Yuncong ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b SOUTH FLORIDA WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT   (United States)

Author keywords

Indian River lagoon; Nonpoint source pollution; Nutrients; Trend analysis; Water quality

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); ECOSYSTEMS; NITROGEN; NUTRIENTS; PHOSPHORUS; SURFACE WATERS;

INDIAN RIVER LAGOON; NONPOINT SOURCE POLLUTION; TREND ANALYSIS;

WATER QUALITY;

AMMONIA; FRESH WATER; NITROGEN; ORGANOPHOSPHATE; PHOSPHORUS; SURFACE WATER;

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); ECOSYSTEMS; NITROGEN; NUTRIENTS; PHOSPHORUS; SURFACE WATERS; WATER QUALITY;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); RIVER POLLUTION; SPATIAL VARIATION; SURFACE WATER; TREND ANALYSIS; WATER QUALITY;

ARTICLE; LAGOON; NUTRIENT CONCENTRATION; RIVER; TREND STUDY; UNITED STATES; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER QUALITY;

FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; INDIAN RIVER; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 35148835155     PISSN: 00496979     EISSN: 15732932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11270-007-9477-y     Document Type: Article

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