Modeling historical trends in Lake Superior total nitrogen concentrations

Journal of Great Lakes Research

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 715-721

  McDonald, Cory P ^a   Urban, Noel R ^a   Casey, Colin M ^a  

^a Michigan Technological University   (United States)

Author keywords

Lake Superior; Mass balance modeling; Nitrate; Nitrogen cycling

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITIONS; CONCENTRATION DATA; HISTORICAL CHANGES; HISTORICAL TRENDS; HYDRAULIC RESIDENCE TIME; LAKE SUPERIOR; LAND-USE CHANGE; MASS-BALANCE MODELING; N CONTENT; N DEPOSITION; NITRATE CONCENTRATION; NITROGEN CYCLING; ORDER OF MAGNITUDE; RAPID CHANGES; TOTAL NITROGEN;

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); LOADING; METEOROLOGICAL PROBLEMS; NITRATES; NITROGEN; SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

LAKES;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DENITRIFICATION; EMISSION INVENTORY; HISTORICAL RECORD; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; LACUSTRINE ENVIRONMENT; LAND USE CHANGE; NITRATE; NITROGEN CYCLE; RECONSTRUCTION; RUNOFF;

GREAT LAKES [NORTH AMERICA]; LAKE SUPERIOR;

EID: 78649450294     PISSN: 03801330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jglr.2010.07.008     Document Type: Article

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