Effect of sediment and nutrient loading on Lake Tahoe optical conditions and restoration opportunities using a newly developed lake clarity model

Water Resources Research

Volumn 46, Issue 10, 2010, Pages

  Sahoo, G B ^a,b   Schladow, S G ^a,b   Reuter, J E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b University of California   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL AVERAGE; ATMOSPHERIC LOADS; CHLOROPHYLL-A CONCENTRATION; DATA SETS; DEEP LAYER; DEEP WATER; INORGANIC PARTICLES; LAKE CLARITY; LAKE TAHOE; LOAD REDUCTION; NUTRIENT LOADING; OPTICAL CONDITION; POLLUTANT LOADS; RELATIVE ERRORS; SECCHI DEPTH; SETTLING RATE; SURFACE LAYERS;

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CHLOROPHYLL; NUTRIENTS; PORPHYRINS; RESTORATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

LAKES;

CHLOROPHYLL; CRITICAL LOAD; DATA SET; DEEP WATER; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; LACUSTRINE ENVIRONMENT; LAKE POLLUTION; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; PARTICLE SETTLING; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SURFACE LAYER; TWO-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; URBAN POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

LAKE TAHOE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77958478324     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009WR008447     Document Type: Article

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