Eutrophication and cyanobacteria blooms in run-of-river impoundments in North Carolina, U.S.A.

Lake and Reservoir Management

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 179-192

  Touchette, Brant W ^a   Burkholder, Joann M ^b   Allen, Elle H ^b   Alexander, Jessica L ^b,c   Kinder, Carol A ^b   Brownie, Cavell ^b   James, Jennifer ^a   Britton, Clay H ^b  

^a ELON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

chlorophyll a; cyanobacteria; eutrophic; microcystin; nitrogen; nutrients; phosphorus; reservoirs; turbid

Indexed keywords

CYANOBACTERIA; CYLINDROSPERMOPSIS; CYLINDROSPERMOPSIS PHILIPPINENSIS; CYLINDROSPERMOPSIS RACIBORSKII;

EID: 49249119369     PISSN: 07438141     EISSN: 10402381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07438140709353921     Document Type: Conference Paper

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