Estimating the risk of exceeding thresholds in environmental systems

Water, Air, and Soil Pollution

Volumn 191, Issue 1-4, 2008, Pages 131-138

  Bennett, Elena M ^a,b   Carpenter, Stephen R ^a   Cardille, Jeffrey A ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bootstrap aggregating; Environmental pollutant; Multiple models; Risk of exceeding thresholds; Threshold

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PHOSPHORUS; REGULATORY COMPLIANCE; SOIL SURVEYS;

BOOTSTRAP AGGREGATING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANT;

RISK ASSESSMENT;

PHOSPHORUS;

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PHOSPHORUS; REGULATORY COMPLIANCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOIL SURVEYS;

AGGREGATION; BOOTSTRAPPING; ESTIMATION METHOD; PHOSPHORUS; POLLUTION CONTROL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOIL POLLUTION; THRESHOLD;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; BOOTSTRAPPING; DESERTIFICATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; EUTROPHICATION; FOOD INDUSTRY; IRRIGATION (AGRICULTURE); POLLUTION CONTROL; POLLUTION MONITORING; PREDICTION; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL EROSION; SOIL POLLUTION; SOIL POLLUTION CONTROL; SOIL PROPERTY; WATERSHED;

LAKE MENDOTA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WISCONSIN;

EID: 44149103167     PISSN: 00496979     EISSN: 15732932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11270-007-9612-9     Document Type: Article

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