Estimating the critical phosphorus loading of shallow lakes with the ecosystem model PCLake: Sensitivity, calibration and uncertainty

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 221, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 654-665

  Janse, J H ^a   Scheffer, M ^b   Lijklema, L ^b   Van Liere, L ^a   Sloot, J S ^c   Mooij, W M ^d  

^a PBL NETHERLANDS ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AGENCY   (Netherlands)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c Witteveen and Bos   (Netherlands)

^d NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Alternative stable states; Bayesian inference; Critical loading; Ecosystem model; Hysteresis; Phosphorus; Sensitivity analysis; Shallow lakes; Uncertainty analysis

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE STABLE STATE; BAYESIAN INFERENCE; CRITICAL LOADING; ECOSYSTEM MODEL; SHALLOW LAKES;

ALGAE CONTROL; BAYESIAN NETWORKS; CHLOROPHYLL; ECOSYSTEMS; EUTROPHICATION; HYSTERESIS; INFERENCE ENGINES; LAKES; LOADING; PHOSPHORUS; PHYTOPLANKTON; PORPHYRINS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ALGAL BLOOM; CALIBRATION; CHLOROPHYLL A; CRITICAL LOAD; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; ESTIMATION METHOD; EUTROPHICATION; GROWTH RATE; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; MACROPHYTE; NUTRIENT CYCLING; PHOSPHORUS; PHYTOPLANKTON; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SHALLOW WATER; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WATER DEPTH; WATER QUALITY;

ALGAE;

EID: 73949109317     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2009.07.023     Document Type: Article

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