Cost effective prediction of the eutrophication status of lakes and reservoirs

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 55, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 2425-2435

  Catherine, A ^a   Mouillot, D ^b   Escoffier, N ^a   Bernard, C ^a   Troussellier, M ^b  

^a MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ MONTPELLIER 2   (France)

Author keywords

Eutrophication; General additive models; Generalised linear models; Modelling; Random forest

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649478287     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: 13652427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2427.2010.02452.x     Document Type: Article

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