Predicting the effects of climate change on trophic status of three morphologically varying lakes: Implications for lake restoration and management

Environmental Modelling and Software

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 354-370

  Trolle, Dennis ^a,b   Hamilton, David P ^a   Pilditch, Conrad A ^a   Duggan, Ian C ^a   Jeppesen, Erik ^b,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c GREENLAND INSTITUTE OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (Greenland)

^d Sino Danish Centre for Education and Research (SDC)   (China)

Author keywords

DYRESM CAEDYM; Ecosystem model; Nitrogen; Nutrient loading; Phosphorus; Phytoplankton

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; ANNUAL CHANGE; ANNUAL MEAN; CHLOROPHYLL A; CYANOPHYTES; DYRESM-CAEDYM; ECOSYSTEM MODEL; EUTROPHIC LAKES; FUTURE CLIMATE; LAKE MANAGEMENT; LAKE MODEL; LAKE RESTORATION; LAKE WATER QUALITY; LONG TERM PLANNING; MESOTROPHIC; MESOTROPHIC LAKES; MODEL SIMULATION; NEW ZEALAND; NUTRIENT LOADING; OBSERVED DATA; POSSIBLE FUTURES; SUMMER MONTHS; THREE MODELS; TOTAL NITROGEN; TOTAL PHOSPHORUS; TROPHIC STATUS; WATER COLUMNS; WATER CONCENTRATIONS;

ALGAE CONTROL; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CHLOROPHYLL; CLIMATE MODELS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; ECOSYSTEMS; EUTROPHICATION; LAKES; LOADING; NITROGEN; NUTRIENTS; PHOSPHORUS; PHYTOPLANKTON; PLANNING; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

AIR TEMPERATURE; CHLOROPHYLL A; CLIMATE CHANGE; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; PHOSPHORUS; PHYTOPLANKTON; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; TROPHIC STATUS; WATER QUALITY;

NEW ZEALAND;

CYANOBACTERIA;

EID: 78650555382     PISSN: 13648152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envsoft.2010.08.009     Document Type: Article

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