Ecosystem modeling applied to nutrient criteria development in rivers

Environmental Management

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 485-492

  Carleton, James N ^a   Park, Richard A ^b   Clough, Jonathan S ^c  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b Eco Modeling   (United States)

^c Warren Pinnacle Consulting Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

AQUATOX; Cyanobacteria; Ecosystem model; Nutrient criteria; Periphyton; Phytoplankton; Water quality standards

Indexed keywords

AQUATOX; CYANOBACTERIA; ECOSYSTEM MODEL; NUTRIENT CRITERIA; PERIPHYTON; WATER QUALITY STANDARDS;

ALGAE CONTROL; BIOMASS; CHLOROPHYLL; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); ECOSYSTEMS; NUTRIENTS; PHOSPHORUS; PHYTOPLANKTON; PORPHYRINS; QUALITY CONTROL; SEDIMENTOLOGY; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

HYDRAULIC MODELS;

CHLOROPHYLL A; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS;

ALGAL BLOOM; BIOMASS; CHLOROPHYLL A; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CYANOBACTERIUM; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; LOTIC ENVIRONMENT; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; PERIPHYTON; POLLUTION CONTROL; SESTON; STANDARD (REFERENCE); SUSPENDED SEDIMENT; WATER QUALITY;

ALGAL BLOOM; ARTICLE; BENTHOS; BIOMASS; CALIBRATION; CYANOBACTERIUM; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; MODEL; NITROGEN CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT; PARTICLE RESUSPENSION; PERIPHYTON; RIVER; SIMULATION; UNITED STATES; WATER QUALITY;

BIOMASS; ECOSYSTEM; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NITROGEN; RIVERS; UNITED STATES;

ALGAE; CYANOBACTERIA;

EID: 68849117694     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: 14321009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00267-009-9344-2     Document Type: Article

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