Evidence and implications of the background phosphorus concentration of submerged aquatic vegetation wetlands in Stormwater Treatment Areas for Everglades restoration

Water Resources Research

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Juston, John M ^a,b   Debusk, Thomas A ^c  

^a Juston Konsult   (Sweden)

^b ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^c DB Environmental Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN METHODS; CURRENT ANALYSIS; DATA POOL; INFLOW-OUTFLOW; INTERANNUAL VARIABILITY; PERFORMANCE DATA; PHOSPHORUS CONCENTRATION; PROBABILISTIC APPROACHES; SIMULATION MODELING; STORMWATER TREATMENT AREAS; SUBMERGED AQUATIC VEGETATIONS; TREATMENT CELLS;

BAYESIAN NETWORKS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); LAKES; PHOSPHORUS; RESTORATION; VEGETATION; WETLANDS;

STORM SEWERS;

ANNUAL VARIATION; BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; DATA SET; DISCHARGE; INFLOW; OUTFLOW; PHOSPHORUS; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; RISK ASSESSMENT; STORMWATER; SUBMERGED VEGETATION;

EID: 79551671893     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010WR009294     Document Type: Article

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