Temporal analysis of stormwater control measure effluent based on windows of harmful algal bloom (HAB) sensitivity: Are annual nutrient EMCs appropriate during HAB-sensitive seasons?

Ecological Engineering

Volumn 49, Issue , 2012, Pages 41-47

  Hathaway, Jon M ^a   Moore, Trisha L C ^a   Burkholder, JoAnn M ^b   Hunt, William F ^a  

^a North Carolina State University   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioretention; BMP; Filter strip; Harmful algal bloom; Metrics; Performance; SCM; Stormwater; Stormwater wetland; Swale

Indexed keywords

BIORETENTION; BMP; FILTER STRIP; HARMFUL ALGAL BLOOMS; METRICS; PERFORMANCE; SCM; STORMWATERS; SWALE;

ECOSYSTEMS; STORM SEWERS; STORMS; SURFACE WATERS; TOXIC MATERIALS; WETLANDS;

NUTRIENTS;

ALGAL BLOOM; AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DATA SET; EFFLUENT; NITROGEN COMPOUND; NUTRIENT CYCLING; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STORMWATER; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS; WETLAND;

ENGLAND; KENT; NEUSE ESTUARY; NORTH CAROLINA; SWALE ESTUARY; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

ALGAE;

EID: 84866711619     PISSN: 09258574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2012.08.014     Document Type: Article

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