A model of phosphorus cycling to explore the role of biomass turnover in submerged aquatic vegetation wetlands for Everglades restoration

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 251, Issue , 2013, Pages 135-149

  Juston, John M ^a,c   DeBusk, Thomas A ^b   Grace, Kevin A ^b   Jackson, Scott D ^b  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b DB Environmental Inc   (United States)

^c Juston Konsult   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Everglades; GLUE; Limits of acceptability; Mass balance; Model; Phosphorus; SAV; Stormwater Treatment Areas; Submerged aquatic vegetation; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

EVERGLADES; LIMITS OF ACCEPTABILITY; MASS BALANCE; SAV; STORMWATER TREATMENT AREAS; SUBMERGED AQUATIC VEGETATIONS; UNCERTAINTY;

BIOMASS; CALIBRATION; DIGITAL STORAGE; GLUES; LAKES; MODELS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PHOSPHORUS; STORM SEWERS; STORMS; TISSUE; VEGETATION; WETLANDS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

BIOMASS; CALIBRATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DATA SET; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; LAKE WATER; MARSH; MASS BALANCE; MODEL VALIDATION; OUTFLOW; PHOSPHORUS CYCLE; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; STEADY-STATE EQUILIBRIUM; STORMWATER; SUBMERGED VEGETATION; TURNOVER; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WATER COLUMN; WETLAND MANAGEMENT;

EVERGLADES; FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84873256210     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2012.12.001     Document Type: Article

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