Predicting river aquatic productivity and dissolved oxygen before and after dam removal

Ecological Engineering

Volumn 72, Issue , 2014, Pages 125-137

  Zhang, Yiding ^a   Zhang, Li ^b   Mitsch, William J ^a,b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FLORIDA GULF COAST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aquatic gross primary productivity; Combined sewer overflows; Dam removal; Dissolved oxygen; Ecological modeling; Olentangy River; STELLA; Water quality

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; COMBINED SEWERS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DAMS; DISSOLUTION; FORECASTING; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYTOPLANKTON; RESERVOIRS (WATER); RIVER POLLUTION; RIVERS; STREAM FLOW; WATER QUALITY; WATER RESOURCES;

COMBINED SEWER OVERFLOWS; DAM REMOVAL; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; GROSS PRIMARY PRODUCTIVITY; STELLA;

DISSOLVED OXYGEN;

DAM REMOVAL; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; ECOLOGICAL ENGINEERING; FLOODING; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTION; RIVER POLLUTION; SEWER NETWORK; STREAMFLOW; WATER QUALITY;

COLUMBUS [OHIO]; OHIO; OLENTANGY RIVER; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84916941514     PISSN: 09258574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2014.04.026     Document Type: Article

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