Systemic, early-season Microcystis blooms in western Lake Erie and two of its major agricultural tributaries (Maumee and Sandusky rivers)

Journal of Great Lakes Research

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 518-523

  Conroy, Joseph D ^a   Kane, Douglas D ^b   Briland, Ruth D ^a   Culver, David A ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Defiance College   (United States)

Author keywords

Algal loading; Cyanobacteria; Great Lakes; Harmful algal blooms; Nutrient concentration

Indexed keywords

EUTROPHICATION; NUTRIENTS; PHOSPHORUS; PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS; RIVER POLLUTION;

CYANOBACTERIA; CYANOBACTERIAL BLOOMS; GREAT LAKES; HARMFUL ALGAL BLOOMS; MICROCYSTIS BLOOMS; NUTRIENT CONCENTRATIONS; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; STANDARD ERROR OF THE MEANS;

LAKES;

BIOMASS; CYANOBACTERIUM; EUTROPHICATION; GROWTH RATE; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; SEASONAL VARIATION; STREAMFLOW;

GREAT LAKES [NORTH AMERICA]; LAKE ERIE;

ALGAE; CYANOBACTERIA; MICROCYSTIS;

EID: 84907270070     PISSN: 03801330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jglr.2014.04.015     Document Type: Article

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