Continuous Bayesian network for studying the causal links between phosphorus loading and plankton patterns in Lake Simcoe, Ontario, Canada

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 46, Issue 13, 2012, Pages 7283-7292

  Gudimov, Alexey ^a   O'Connor, Eavan ^b   Dittrich, Maria ^a   Jarjanazi, Hamdi ^c   Palmer, Michelle E ^c   Stainsby, Eleanor ^c   Winter, Jennifer G ^c   Young, Joelle D ^c   Arhonditsis, George B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b Lake Simcoe Region Conservation Authority   (Canada)

^c ONTARIO MINISTRY OF THE ENVIRONMENT   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMBIENT LIGHT; AREAS OF CONCERNS; BENEFICIAL USE; CAUSE-EFFECT RELATIONSHIPS; CHLOROPHYLL A; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ECOLOGICAL MODELS; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; EXCEEDANCE FREQUENCIES; HIERARCHICAL NETWORK; LAKE SIMCOE; MASS BALANCE; NUTRIENT CONDITIONS; NUTRIENT LOADING; ONTARIO , CANADA; PHOSPHORUS LOADING; PLANKTON DYNAMICS; PRIMARY OBJECTIVE; SINUSOIDAL LOADING; SPATIALLY EXPLICIT; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELS; TOTAL PHOSPHORUS; WATER CLARITY;

BAYESIAN NETWORKS; CHLOROPHYLL; ECOSYSTEMS; LAKES; NUTRIENTS; OCEAN HABITATS; PHOSPHORUS; PHYTOPLANKTON;

LOADING;

CHLOROPHYLL; PHOSPHORUS;

ALGA; BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; BIOMASS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; HERBIVORE; HOLISTIC APPROACH; MASS BALANCE; PHOSPHORUS; PHYTOPLANKTON; PHYTOREMEDIATION; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SUSPENDED LOAD; ZOOPLANKTON;

ALGA; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; BIOMASS; CANADA; CAUSAL ATTRIBUTION; CAUSAL MODELING; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; HERBIVORE; LAKE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT LOADING; PHYTOPLANKTON; WATER POLLUTION; ZOOPLANKTON;

ANIMALS; BAYES THEOREM; CHLOROPHYLL; ECOSYSTEM; LAKES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, CHEMICAL; ONTARIO; PHOSPHORUS; PLANKTON;

CANADA; LAKE SIMCOE; ONTARIO [CANADA];

ALGAE;

EID: 84863522485     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es300983r     Document Type: Article

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