Long-term and seasonal trend decomposition of maumee river nutrient inputs to western lake erie

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 3392-3400

  Stow, Craig A ^a   Cha, Yoonkyung ^b   Johnson, Laura T ^c   Confesor, Remegio ^c   Richards, R Peter ^c  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c HEIDELBERG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISSOLUTION; EUTROPHICATION; LAKES; LAND USE; PHOSPHORUS; RIVER POLLUTION; RIVERS;

CYANOBACTERIAL BLOOMS; DECOMPOSITION TECHNIQUE; DISSOLVED PHOSPHORUS; NITRATE CONCENTRATION; NUTRIENT CONCENTRATIONS; PHOSPHORUS CONCENTRATION; SEASONAL CHANGES; SUSPENDED SOLIDS;

NUTRIENTS;

NITRATE; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; NITRIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

ALGAL BLOOM; CYANOBACTERIUM; DECOMPOSITION; LONG-TERM CHANGE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RIVER DISCHARGE; RIVER POLLUTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUSPENDED LOAD;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECOMPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS; EUTROPHICATION; LAKE; LAND USE; NUTRIENT CONCENTRATION; NUTRIENT LOADING; PERIODICITY; PRECIPITATION; RIVER; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; WATER ANALYSIS; ANALYSIS; CLIMATE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; PROCEDURES; SEASON; UNITED STATES; WATER POLLUTION;

GREAT LAKES [NORTH AMERICA]; LAKE ERIE; MAUMEE RIVER; UNITED STATES;

CYANOBACTERIA;

CLIMATE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EUTROPHICATION; GREAT LAKES REGION; LAKES; NITRATES; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; RIVERS; SEASONS; WATER POLLUTION;

EID: 84924942816     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es5062648     Document Type: Article

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