Eutrophication as a 'wicked' problem

Lakes and Reservoirs: Science, Policy and Management for Sustainable Use

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 298-316

  Thornton, Jeffrey A ^a,h   Harding, William R ^a,b   Dent, Mark ^c   Hart, Rob C ^c   Lin, Hebin ^a,d   Rast, Claudia L ^a   Rast, Walter ^a,e   Ryding, Sven Olof ^a,f   Slawski, Thomas M ^a,g  

^a Intl Environ Mgmt Services Ltd   (United States)

^b DH Environmental Consulting CC   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^d Int Lake Environment Committee   (Japan)

^e TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f Swedish EMAS Council   (Sweden)

^g Southeast Fox River Partnership Inc ^*  (United States)

^h KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Eutrophication; Eutrophication management; Integrated lake basin management; Lake and reservoir management; Payments for improving ecosystem services at the watershed scale

Indexed keywords

ACCESSIBILITY; ALGAL BLOOM; DRINKING WATER; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; EUTROPHICATION; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84890340381     PISSN: 13205331     EISSN: 14401770     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/lre.12044     Document Type: Article

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