Beyond best management practices: Pelagic biogeochemical dynamics in urban stormwater ponds

Ecological Applications

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1384-1395

  Williams, Clayton J ^a,b   Frost, Paul C ^a   Xenopoulos, Marguerite A ^a  

^a TRENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dissolved organic matter; Extracellular enzyme activity; Managed ecosystems; Microbial loop; Plankton abundance; Stormwater ponds; Structural equation modeling; Urban biogeochemistry

Indexed keywords

WATER;

BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL LOOP; PELAGIC ENVIRONMENT; PLANKTON; POND; SURFACE WATER; URBAN AREA; WATER QUALITY; WATER TREATMENT;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANKTON; POND;

CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; PLANKTON; PONDS; WATER;

CANADA; ONTARIO [CANADA];

EID: 84884214718     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/12-0825.1     Document Type: Article

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