Relative importance of phosphorus, fish biomass, and watershed land use as drivers of phytoplankton abundance in shallow lakes

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 466-467, Issue , 2014, Pages 849-855

  Gorman, Matt W ^a   Zimmer, Kyle D ^a   Herwig, Brian R ^b   Hanson, Mark A ^b   Wright, Robert G ^b   Vaughn, Sean R ^b   Younk, Jerry A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST THOMAS   (United States)

^b MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Benthivores; Phytoplankton abundance; Planktivores; Shallow lakes; Watersheds

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; INFORMATION THEORY; LAKES; LAND USE; NUTRIENTS; PHOSPHORUS; PHYTOPLANKTON; WATER POLLUTION CONTROL; WATERSHEDS;

BENTHIVORES; INFORMATION-THEORETIC APPROACH; PARSIMONIOUS MODELING; PHOSPHORUS CONCENTRATION; PHYTOPLANKTON ABUNDANCES; PLANKTIVORES; SHALLOW LAKES; WATERSHED CHARACTERISTICS;

FISH;

PHOSPHORUS; WATER POLLUTANT;

ABUNDANCE; BENTHIVORY; LAKE; LAND USE; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; PHOSPHORUS; PHYTOPLANKTON; PLANKTIVORE; WATERSHED;

ARTICLE; BENTHOS; BIOMASS; FRESHWATER FISH; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; LAND USE; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT LOADING; PHYTOPLANKTON; PLANKTIVORE; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHED; AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; FISH; LAKE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; SEASON; WATER POLLUTANT;

MINNESOTA; UNITED STATES;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMALS; FISHES; LAKES; MINNESOTA; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHOSPHORUS; PHYTOPLANKTON; POPULATION DENSITY; SEASONS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84882994627     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2013.07.106     Document Type: Article

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