Nutrient and particle load estimates to Lake Tahoe (CA-NV, USA) for Total Maximum Daily Load establishment

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 444, Issue , 2013, Pages 579-590

  Sahoo, G B ^a   Nover, D M ^a   Reuter, J E ^a   Heyvaert, A C ^b   Riverson, J ^c   Schladow, S G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c TETRA TECH INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Fine sediment load; Lake transparency; Nutrients load; Total maximum daily load

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL AVERAGE; ATMOSPHERIC NITROGEN; AVAILABLE PHOSPHORUS; BOTTOM SEDIMENTS; FIELD DATA; FINE PARTICLES; FINE SEDIMENTS; INPUT DATAS; INTERNAL LOADING; LAKE CLARITY; LAKE TAHOE; MODELING STUDIES; PARTICLE LOAD; POLLUTANT LOADS; QUANTITATIVE ESTIMATES; RESOURCE MANAGERS; SHORELINE EROSION; SIZE CLASS; STREAM CHANNELS; TIME VARIANT; TOTAL MAXIMUM DAILY LOAD; URBAN RUNOFF; WET AND DRY;

ESTIMATION; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; LAKES; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; POLLUTION; RUNOFF; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEDIMENTS; SEWAGE; SHORE PROTECTION;

NUTRIENTS;

GROUND WATER; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS;

DRY DEPOSITION; ESTIMATION METHOD; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT BUDGET; PARTICULATE MATTER; PHOSPHORUS; POINT SOURCE POLLUTION; RUNOFF; SHORE (NONMARINE); UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WET DEPOSITION;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; LAKE; NUTRIENT LOADING; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEASHORE; SEDIMENT; STREAM (RIVER); UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA; WATERSHED;

CALIFORNIA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; LAKES; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NEVADA; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; URBANIZATION; WATER POLLUTANTS;

LAKE TAHOE; UNITED STATES;

SALMONIDAE;

EID: 84872402654     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2012.12.019     Document Type: Article

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