Managing microcystin: Identifying national-scale thresholds for total nitrogen and chlorophyll a

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 59, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 1970-1981

  Yuan, Lester L ^a   Pollard, Amina I ^a   Pather, Santhiska ^a   Oliver, Jacques L ^a   D'Anglada, Lesley ^a  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chlorophyll a; Cyanotoxins; LASSO regression; Microcystin; Nutrients

Indexed keywords

EID: 84904043539     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: 13652427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/fwb.12400     Document Type: Article

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