Mixing potential of a surface-mounted solar-powered water mixer (SWM) for controlling cyanobacterial blooms

Ecological Engineering

Volumn 61, Issue , 2013, Pages 245-250

  Upadhyay, Sanjina ^a   Bierlein, Kevin A ^b   Little, John C ^b   Burch, Michael D ^c   Elam, Kevin P ^b   Brookes, Justin D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University   (United States)

^c AUSTRALIAN WATER QUALITY CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Artificial mixing; Cyanobacteria; Pulse amplitude modulated (PAM) fluorometry; Solar powered water mixer (SWM); Vertical stratification

Indexed keywords

CYANOBACTERIA; CYANOBACTERIAL BLOOMS; LAKE SAND RESERVOIRS; PULSE-AMPLITUDE MODULATED; SOLAR-POWERED; SURFACE MIXED LAYERS; SURFACE WATER TEMPERATURE; VERTICAL STRATIFICATION;

MIXERS (MACHINERY); MIXING; PHYSIOLOGY; RESERVOIRS (WATER); SOLAR ENERGY; SURFACE WATERS; VELOCITY; WATER QUALITY;

STORM SEWERS;

ALGAL BLOOM; CYANOBACTERIUM; FLOW PATTERN; FLUOROMETRY; MIXED LAYER; MIXING; MIXING RATIO; PHYTOPLANKTON; RESERVOIR; SOLAR POWER; STRATIFICATION; SURFACE WATER; WATER COLUMN; WATER QUALITY; WATER TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84886529582     PISSN: 09258574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2013.09.032     Document Type: Article

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