Nutrient Inputs to the Laurentian Great Lakes by Source and Watershed Estimated Using SPARROW Watershed Models

Journal of the American Water Resources Association

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1011-1033

  Robertson, Dale M ^a   Saad, David A ^a  

^a WISCONSIN WATER SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Great Lakes; Nonpoint source pollution; Nutrients; Point source pollution; Streams; Watershed modeling

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL AREAS; DELIVERY RATIO; GREAT LAKES; LAKE ERIE; LAURENTIAN GREAT LAKES; MICHIGAN; NON-POINT SOURCE POLLUTION; NUTRIENT LOADS; ONTARIO; POINT SOURCES; RED RIVER BASIN; STREAMS; TOTAL MAXIMUM DAILY LOAD; UPPER MISSISSIPPI; WATERSHED MODELING; WATERSHED MODELS;

AGRICULTURE; EUTROPHICATION; LAKE POLLUTION; LAKES; LANDFORMS; LOADING; PHOSPHORUS; POLLUTION; RIVER POLLUTION; WATERSHEDS;

NUTRIENTS;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; EUTROPHICATION; INTENSIVE AGRICULTURE; LAKE POLLUTION; NITROGEN; NUMERICAL MODEL; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; PHOSPHORUS; POLLUTANT SOURCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; WATERSHED;

GREAT LAKES [NORTH AMERICA];

EID: 80053928699     PISSN: 1093474X     EISSN: 17521688     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-1688.2011.00574.x     Document Type: Article

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