Nitrogen dynamics in Lake Okeechobee: Forms, functions, and changes

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 669, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 199-212

  James, R Thomas ^a   Gardner, Wayne S ^b   McCarthy, Mark J ^b   Carini, Stephen A ^b  

^a Water Quality Treatment Technologies Section South Florida Water Management District   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

15N isotope studies; Algal bloom; Denitrification; Lake Okeechobee; N fixation; Nitrogen; Nutrient budgets; Sediment water interactions

Indexed keywords

ALGAL BLOOM; AMMONIUM; CHLOROPHYLL A; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DENITRIFICATION; DROUGHT; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; NITRATE; NITROGEN CYCLE; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; SEDIMENT CORE; SEDIMENT-WATER INTERFACE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; STORM; TURBIDITY; WATER COLUMN; WATER DEPTH; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHED;

FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; LAKE OKEECHOBEE; UNITED STATES;

ALGAE;

EID: 79956097041     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-011-0683-7     Document Type: Article

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