Drivers of water quality in a large water storage reservoir during a period of extreme drawdown

Water Research

Volumn 42, Issue 19, 2008, Pages 4711-4724

  Baldwin, Darren S ^a,c   Gigney, Helen ^a,c   Wilson, Jessica S ^b,c   Watson, Garth ^a,c   Boulding, Amy N ^b,c  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c MURRAY DARLING FRESHWATER RESEARCH CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Climate change; Cyanobacteria; Drought; Hydrodynamics; Nutrient; Sediment

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DROUGHT; HYDRODYNAMICS; LAKES; NUTRIENTS; RIVERS; SEDIMENTS; WATER LEVELS; WATER QUALITY;

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; COLD WATER INFLOW; CYANOBACTERIA; MURRAY RIVER; PERIODIC PULSE; SURFACE MIXED LAYERS; WARM SURFACE; WATER STORAGE;

RESERVOIRS (WATER);

AMMONIA; GROUND WATER; IRON; LAKE WATER; MANGANESE; NITROGEN; ORGANIC CARBON; ORGANIC NITRATE; OXYGEN; PHOSPHORUS; RIVER WATER; SULFUR;

ALGAL BLOOM; ANOXIC CONDITIONS; CLIMATE CHANGE; CYANOBACTERIUM; DRAWDOWN; DROUGHT; HYDRODYNAMICS; HYPOLIMNION; INFLOW; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; RESERVOIR; RIVER POLLUTION; THERMOCLINE; WATER QUALITY; WATER STORAGE;

ALGAL COMMUNITY; ANAEROBIC METABOLISM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CLIMATE CHANGE; CYANOBACTERIUM; DROUGHT; HYDRODYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT SUPPLY; OXYGEN CONCENTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDIMENT; SURFACE PROPERTY; THERMOCLINE; TURBIDITY; TURNOVER TIME; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER FLOW; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY; WATER TEMPERATURE;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; LAKE HUME; MURRAY RIVER;

CYANOBACTERIA;

EID: 54949140338     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2008.08.020     Document Type: Article

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