Guiding BMP adoption to improve water quality in various estuarine ecosystems in Western Australia

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 57, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1749-1756

  Keipert, N ^a,b   Weaver, D ^b,c   Summers, R ^a,b   Clarke, M ^a,b   Neville, S ^d  

^a Waroona District Office   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND FOOD WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^d Ecotones and Associates   (Australia)

Author keywords

Best management practice (BMP); Catchment management; Modelling; Nutrient management; Water quality

Indexed keywords

ADMINISTRATIVE DATA PROCESSING; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; CATCHMENTS; COCHANNEL INTERFERENCE; DECISION MAKING; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; DECISION THEORY; ECONOMICS; ECOSYSTEMS; INVESTMENTS; LAND USE; MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS; MARINE POLLUTION; PLANNING; POLLUTION; PROBLEM SOLVING; RUNOFF; WATER QUALITY;

BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICE (BMP); CATCHMENT MANAGEMENT; MODELLING; NUTRIENT MANAGEMENT;

NUTRIENTS;

BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; CATCHMENT; COASTAL WATER; ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEM; MODELING; NUTRIENT USE; POLLUTION CONTROL; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY;

ACCURACY; AGRICULTURE; ALGAL BLOOM; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CALIBRATION; CATCHMENT; COASTAL WATERS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; ESTUARY; LAND USE; NUTRIENT; POLLUTANT; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

BENCHMARKING; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; WATER; WATER MOVEMENTS; WATER POLLUTION; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

ALGAE;

EID: 47349128906     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2008.276     Document Type: Article

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