Structural changes in lake functioning induced from nutrient loading and climate variability

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 220, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 979-997

  Law, Tony ^a   Zhang, Weitao ^a   Zhao, Jingyang ^a   Arhonditsis, George B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bayesian analysis; Climate variability; Lake phenology; Model uncertainty; Nutrient loading; Plankton models; System stability

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; CLIMATE VARIABILITY; MODEL UNCERTAINTY; NUTRIENT LOADING; PLANKTON MODELS;

ALGAE CONTROL; BAYESIAN NETWORKS; CHLOROPHYLL; CLIMATOLOGY; COALESCENCE; DYNAMICS; ECOSYSTEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; FOOD ADDITIVES; HYDRAULIC MODELS; LAKES; MINERALOGY; NUTRIENTS; OCEAN HABITATS; PHOSPHORUS; PHYSIOLOGY; PHYTOPLANKTON; PORPHYRINS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SOFTWOODS; SYSTEM STABILITY; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES; TIME SERIES; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY; WEATHER FORECASTING;

PUBLIC KEY CRYPTOGRAPHY;

ABUNDANCE; BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; CALIBRATION; CHLOROPHYLL A; CLIMATE FORCING; CLIMATE VARIATION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DETRITUS; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; EXCRETION; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; FOOD WEB; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; NUTRIENT CYCLING; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; PARAMETERIZATION; PHENOLOGY; PHOSPHATE; PHYTOPLANKTON; SEASONAL VARIATION; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY; WATER RESOURCE; ZOOPLANKTON;

LAKE WASHINGTON; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON [UNITED STATES];

EID: 61449247212     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2009.01.001     Document Type: Article

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