Spatial and temporal changes in chlorophyll-a concentrations in the River Thames basin, UK: Are phosphorus concentrations beginning to limit phytoplankton biomass?

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 426, Issue , 2012, Pages 45-55

  Bowes, M J ^a   Gozzard, E ^a   Johnson, A C ^a   Scarlett, P M ^a   Roberts, C ^a   Read, D S ^a   Armstrong, L K ^a   Harman, S A ^a   Wickham, H D ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Algae; Eutrophication; Nutrient; Phytoplankton; River thames; Water quality

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPHYLL A; CHLOROPHYLL CONCENTRATION; CHLOROPHYLL-A CONCENTRATION; ENGLAND; MITIGATION MEASURES; NUTRIENT CONCENTRATIONS; PHOSPHORUS CONCENTRATION; PHYTOPLANKTON BIOMASS; PHYTOPLANKTON BLOOM; POSITIVE CORRELATIONS; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; RESIDENCE TIME; RIVER SITES; RIVER THAMES; SOLUBLE REACTIVE PHOSPHORUS; TEMPORAL CHANGE;

ALGAE; CHLOROPHYLL; EUTROPHICATION; NUTRIENTS; PHOSPHORUS; PHYTOPLANKTON; WATER QUALITY;

RIVERS;

CHLOROPHYLL A; NITRATE; PHOSPHORUS; RIVER WATER; SILICON;

BIOMASS; CHLOROPHYLL A; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CORRELATION; EUTROPHICATION; PHOSPHORUS; PHYTOPLANKTON; RIVER; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; WATER QUALITY;

ARTICLE; BIOMASS PRODUCTION; CHLOROPHYLL CONTENT; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIATOM; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT CONCENTRATION; PHYTOPLANKTON; PLANT SHADING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIPARIAN ECOSYSTEM; RIVER BASIN; SPRING; SUMMER; UNITED KINGDOM; WATER QUALITY;

BIOMASS; CHLOROPHYLL; ENGLAND; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EUTROPHICATION; MICROALGAE; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; PHYTOPLANKTON; RIVERS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER POLLUTION, CHEMICAL;

ENGLAND; THAMES RIVER [ENGLAND]; UNITED KINGDOM;

ALGAE; BACILLARIOPHYTA;

EID: 84860660171     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2012.02.056     Document Type: Article

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