Estimation of total phosphorus loads for a large, flashy river of a highly developed watershed-seasonal and hysteresis effects

Journal of Great Lakes Research

Volumn 37, Issue SUPPL. 3, 2011, Pages 26-35

  O'Connor, Eavan M ^a   McConnell, Christopher ^b   Lembcke, David ^a   Winter, Jennifer G ^b  

^a Lake Simcoe Region Conservation Authority   (Canada)

^b ONTARIO MINISTRY OF THE ENVIRONMENT   (Canada)

Author keywords

Hysteresis; Lake Simcoe; Load; Season; Stratification; Total phosphorus

Indexed keywords

LAKE SIMCOE; LOAD; SEASON; STRATIFICATION; TOTAL PHOSPHORUS;

HYSTERESIS; LAKES; LANDFORMS; PHOSPHORUS; RIVERS; WATERSHEDS;

ESTIMATION;

AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; ASSESSMENT METHOD; BIOMONITORING; DATA SET; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ESTIMATION METHOD; HOMOGENEITY; HYDROGRAPH; HYSTERESIS; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; PHOSPHORUS; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEASONALITY; SLOPE; WATERSHED;

CANADA; LAKE SIMCOE; ONTARIO [CANADA];

EID: 79957965052     PISSN: 03801330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jglr.2011.04.004     Document Type: Article

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