Thermal stratification patterns in urban ponds and their relationships with vertical nutrient gradients

Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 127, Issue , 2013, Pages 317-323

  Song, Keunyea ^a   Xenopoulos, Marguerite A ^a   Buttle, James M ^a   Marsalek, Jiri ^b   Wagner, Nicole D ^a   Pick, Frances R ^c   Frost, Paul C ^a  

^a TRENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Internal loading; Morphometric characteristics; Nutrient retention; Stormwater management pond; Thermal stratification

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS; AQUATIC ORGANISMS; CATCHMENTS; HOUSING; LAKES; LAND USE; MIXING; NUTRIENTS; PHOSPHORUS; PONDS; RUNOFF; STORM SEWERS; STORMS; WATER QUALITY;

INTERNAL LOADING; MORPHOMETRIC CHARACTERISTICS; NUTRIENT GRADIENTS; NUTRIENT RETENTION; PHYSICOCHEMICAL ASPECTS; PROMINENT FEATURES; STORMWATER MANAGEMENT POND; STORMWATER MANAGEMENTS; STORMWATERS; URBAN LANDSCAPE;

THERMAL STRATIFICATION;

CARBON; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; STORM WATER; WATER;

AQUATIC ORGANISM; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CATCHMENT; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; LAND USE; LANDSCAPE; MORPHOMETRY; NUTRIENT CYCLING; PHOSPHORUS; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; POND; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; STORMWATER; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; URBAN AREA; WATER COLUMN; WATER DEPTH; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER TEMPERATURE;

ARTICLE; CANADA; HEAT TOLERANCE; MEASUREMENT; MORPHOMETRICS; PARTICLE RESUSPENSION; PERIMETER; POND; SEDIMENT; STRATIFICATION; SUMMER; URBAN AREA; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER TEMPERATURE; WEATHER;

CANADA; ONTARIO [CANADA];

EID: 84879734813     PISSN: 03014797     EISSN: 10958630     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2013.05.052     Document Type: Article

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