Landscape drivers of regional variation in the relationship between total phosphorus and chlorophyll in lakes

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 56, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1811-1824

  Wagner, Tyler ^a   Soranno, Patricia A ^b   Webster, Katherine E ^b,c   Cheruvelil, Kendra Spence ^b,c  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bayesian hierarchical models; Ecological drainage unit; Eutrophication; Lake productivity; Total phosphorus chlorophyll a relationships

Indexed keywords

ALGAE;

EID: 79961027575     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: 13652427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2427.2011.02621.x     Document Type: Article

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