Birds as eutrophicating agents: A nutrient budget for a small lake in a protected area

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 646, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 111-121

  Chaichana, Ratcha ^a,b   Leah, Rick ^a   Moss, Brian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b KASETSART UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Brown Moss; Ducks; Lake management; Nitrogen; Phosphorus; Shropshire Meres; SSSI

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; BIRD SPECIES; BROWN MOSS; DIFFUSE SOURCES; DUCKS; EUROPEAN LEGISLATION; EXTERNAL SOURCES; HEATHLANDS; INTERNAL LOADING; LAKE MANAGEMENT; LAND DRAINAGE; MACROPHYTES; MEAN CONCENTRATIONS; NITROGEN BUDGETS; NUTRIENT BUDGETS; POINT SOURCES; PROTECTED AREAS; SHORT PERIODS; SITE OF SPECIAL SCIENTIFIC INTERESTS; WATER TABLE FLUCTUATIONS;

AQUIFERS; BIRDS; BUDGET CONTROL; DRAINAGE; NITROGEN; NUTRIENTS; PHOSPHORUS; SEPTIC TANKS;

LAKES;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; DRAINAGE; EUTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; HABITAT RESTORATION; HEATHLAND; LEGISLATION; MACROPHYTE; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT BUDGET; PHOSPHORUS; POINT SOURCE; PROTECTED AREA; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; WATER TABLE; WATERFOWL; WOODLAND;

UNITED KINGDOM;

ANAS; ANATIDAE; ANSER; AVES; BRYOPHYTA;

EID: 77952010423     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-010-0166-2     Document Type: Article

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