Landscape-scale modeling of water quality in lake superior and lake michigan watersheds: How useful are forest-based indicators?

Journal of Great Lakes Research

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 211-223

  Seilheimer, Titus S ^a   Zimmerman, Patrick L ^a,b   Stueve, Kirk M ^a,c   Perry, Charles H ^a  

^a USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA DULUTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Forest disturbance; Great Lakes; Landscape; Mixed effects model; Water quality

Indexed keywords

EFFECTIVE MANAGEMENT; FOREST COVER CHANGE; FOREST DISTURBANCES; GREAT LAKES; LANDSCAPE; LANDSCAPE INFORMATION; MIXED EFFECTS MODELS; WATERSHED CHARACTERISTICS;

DIGITAL STORAGE; FORESTRY; LANDFORMS; PHOSPHORUS; POPULATION STATISTICS; RESTORATION; TURBIDITY; WATER POLLUTION CONTROL; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHEDS;

LAKES;

BASIN ANALYSIS; ECOREGION; ENVIRONMENTAL INDICATOR; FOREST COVER; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; PHOSPHORUS; TURBIDITY; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHED;

BIOLOGICAL POPULATIONS; DIGITAL SYSTEMS; FORESTRY; LAKES; POLLUTION CONTROL; RESTORATION; TURBIDITY; WATER QUALITY; WATER SHEDS;

GREAT LAKES [NORTH AMERICA]; LAKE MICHIGAN; LAKE SUPERIOR;

EID: 84878111166     PISSN: 03801330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jglr.2013.03.012     Document Type: Article

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