Using multiple approaches to develop nutrient criteria for lakes in the conterminous USA

Freshwater Science

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 367-384

  Herlihy, Alan T ^a   Kamman, Neil C ^b   Sifneos, Jean C ^a   Charles, Don ^c   Enache, Mihaela D ^c   Stevenson, R Jan ^d  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Water Quality Division   (United States)

^c ACADEMY OF NATURAL SCIENCES OF DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

lakes; nutrient criteria; nutrients; reference condition; United States

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CORRELATION; ECOREGION; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; NATIONAL PLANNING; NUMERICAL MODEL; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PALEOLIMNOLOGY; PHOSPHORUS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SURVEYING;

UNITED STATES;

BACILLARIOPHYTA;

EID: 84884294347     PISSN: 21619549     EISSN: 21619565     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1899/11-097.1     Document Type: Article

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