Evaluating causes of trends in long-term dissolved reactive phosphorus loads to lake erie

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 46, Issue 19, 2012, Pages 10660-10666

  Daloǧlu, Irem ^a   Cho, Kyung Hwa ^a   Scavia, Donald ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL WATERSHEDS; DISSOLVED REACTIVE PHOSPHORUS; FERTILIZER APPLICATIONS; HARMFUL ALGAL BLOOMS; LAKE ERIE; LOAD ESTIMATION; MANAGEMENT PRACTICES; PHOSPHORUS LOADS; SOIL AND WATER ASSESSMENT TOOL; SOIL STRATIFICATION; SOIL SURFACES; STORM EVENTS;

AGRICULTURE; LAKES; LANDFORMS; WATERSHEDS;

PHOSPHORUS;

DISSOLVED REACTIVE PHOSPHORUS; LAKE WATER; PHOSPHORUS; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGRICULTURAL CATCHMENT; ALGAL BLOOM; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; HYPOXIA; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; PHOSPHORUS; SOIL SURFACE; STORM; TOXIC ORGANISM; TREND ANALYSIS; WATERSHED;

ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); FERTILIZER APPLICATION; HURRICANE; LAKE; SEASONAL VARIATION; STRATIFICATION; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATERSHED; WEATHER;

AGRICULTURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FERTILIZERS; GREAT LAKES REGION; MODELS, THEORETICAL; OHIO; PHOSPHORUS; WATER POLLUTION; WEATHER;

GREAT LAKES [NORTH AMERICA]; LAKE ERIE;

ALGAE;

EID: 84867037579     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es302315d     Document Type: Article

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