Fine-scale nutrient enrichment and water quality on the rural shores of Southeast Lake Huron

Journal of Great Lakes Research

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 126-140

  Howell, E Todd ^a   Barton, David R ^b   Fietsch, Cherie Lee ^c   Kaltenecker, Georgina ^a  

^a ONTARIO MINISTRY OF THE ENVIRONMENT   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^c Support Department   (Canada)

Author keywords

Lake huron; Nearshore; Nutrients; Runoff

Indexed keywords

CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; COASTAL ENGINEERING; LAKES; PHOSPHORUS; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); RUNOFF; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

FECAL INDICATOR BACTERIA; LAKE HURONS; NEARSHORES; NUTRIENT CONCENTRATIONS; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENTS; PARTICULATE MATERIALS; PHOSPHORUS DISTRIBUTION; PHOSPHORUS POLLUTION;

NUTRIENTS;

BIOFOULING; BIOINDICATOR; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FECAL COLIFORM; NEARSHORE ENVIRONMENT; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; PHOSPHORUS; WATER QUALITY; ALGA; BACTERIUM; LAKE POLLUTION; OLIGOTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; RUNOFF; RURAL AREA; SEASONAL VARIATION; SHORELINE;

GREAT LAKES [NORTH AMERICA]; LAKE HURON;

ALGAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 84895863164     PISSN: 03801330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jglr.2013.12.009     Document Type: Article

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