Response of Algal Biomass to Large-Scale Nutrient Controls in the Clark Fork River, Montana, United States

Journal of the American Water Resources Association

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1008-1021

  Suplee, Michael W ^a   Watson, Vicki ^b   Dodds, Walter K ^a,c   Shirley, Chris ^a  

^a Montana Department of Environmental Quality   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^c KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Algae; Environmental regulations; Monitoring; Nutrients; Rivers streams; Time series analysis

Indexed keywords

ALGAL BIOMASS; BREAK-POINTS; BREAKPOINT; LAUNDRY DETERGENTS; MONTANA; NATURAL BACKGROUNDS; NUTRIENT POLLUTION; NUTRIENT REDUCTION; RIVERS/STREAMS; TOTAL NITROGEN; TOTAL PHOSPHORUS; WASTEWATER FACILITIES;

ALGAE; BIOMASS; ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; MONITORING; NUTRIENTS; RIVERS; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

RIVER POLLUTION;

ALGA; BIOMASS; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DATA SET; DETERGENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PHOSPHORUS; REGULATORY APPROACH; RIVER POLLUTION; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TREND ANALYSIS;

CLARK FORK RIVER; MISSOULA; MONTANA; UNITED STATES;

ALGAE;

EID: 84867103015     PISSN: 1093474X     EISSN: 17521688     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-1688.2012.00666.x     Document Type: Article

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