Revisiting the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement phosphorus targets and predicting the trophic status of Lake Michigan

Journal of Great Lakes Research

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 26-32

  Pauer, James J ^a   Anstead, Amy M ^a   Melendez, Wilson ^b   Taunt, Katherine W ^c   Kreis, Russell G ^d  

^a ICF INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^b CSC Corporation   (United States)

^c USEPA Large Lakes Research Station   (United States)

^d U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Eutrophication; Great Lakes; Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement; Modeling; Phosphorus

Indexed keywords

BEST ESTIMATES; DATA SETS; EUTROPHICATION MODEL; FIELD DATA; GREAT LAKES; GREAT LAKES WATER QUALITY AGREEMENT; GREAT LAKES WATER QUALITY AGREEMENTS; HIGH RESOLUTION; HINDCASTS; LAKE MICHIGAN; MODEL OUTPUTS; MODELING; TIME-PERIODS; TOTAL PHOSPHORUS; TROPHIC STATUS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA PROCESSING; EUTROPHICATION; LOADING; PHOSPHORUS; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

LAKES;

DATA SET; EUTROPHICATION; MODEL TEST; OLIGOTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; PHOSPHORUS; TROPHIC STATUS; WATER QUALITY;

GREAT LAKES [NORTH AMERICA]; LAKE MICHIGAN;

EID: 79951580679     PISSN: 03801330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jglr.2010.11.020     Document Type: Article

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