Response lags and environmental dynamics of restoration efforts for Lake Rotorua, New Zealand

Environmental Research Letters

Volumn 10, Issue 7, 2015, Pages

  Mueller, Hannah ^a   Hamilton, David P ^a   Doole, Graeme J ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

diffuse pollution; DPSIR; eutrophication; generalized maximum entropy; lake restoration; land use change; social lag times

Indexed keywords

DYNAMICS; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS; ENTROPY; EUTROPHICATION; FORESTRY; LAKES; LAND USE; MAXIMUM ENTROPY METHODS; QUALITY CONTROL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESTORATION; WATER QUALITY;

DIFFUSE POLLUTION; DPSIR; LAG TIME; LAKE RESTORATION; LAND-USE CHANGE;

DECISION MAKING;

ALGAL BLOOM; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; DECISION MAKING; ECONOMETRICS; ENVIRONMENTAL CONSTRAINT; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION; EUTROPHICATION; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; HERBICIDE; HOLISTIC APPROACH; LAND USE CHANGE; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

BAY OF PLENTY; LAKE ROTORUA; NEW ZEALAND; NORTH ISLAND;

ALGAE;

EID: 84934325556     PISSN: 17489318     EISSN: 17489326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/10/7/074003     Document Type: Article

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