Reducing phosphorus to curb lake eutrophication is a success

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 50, Issue 17, 2016, Pages 8923-8929

  Schindler, David W ^a   Carpenter, Stephen R ^b   Chapra, Steven C ^c   Hecky, Robert E ^d   Orihel, Diane M ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c Tufts University   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA DULUTH   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; ECOSYSTEMS; LAKES; LAND USE; NUTRIENTS; PHOSPHORUS;

BLUE GREEN ALGAE; CYANOBACTERIA BLOOMS; FRESH WATER LAKES; HUMAN POPULATION; LAKE EUTROPHICATIONS; LONG TERM STUDY; SHORT DURATIONS; SMALL-SCALE EXPERIMENT;

EUTROPHICATION;

FRESH WATER; NITRATE; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS;

ALGAL BLOOM; CYANOBACTERIUM; EUTROPHICATION; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; LACUSTRINE ENVIRONMENT; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; LAND USE; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; TOXICITY;

ALGAL BLOOM; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; EUTROPHICATION; LAKE; NONHUMAN; PRECIPITATION; REDUCTION; WASHINGTON; CYANOBACTERIUM;

EUROPE; NORTH AMERICA;

ALGAE; CHLOROPHYTA; CYANOBACTERIA;

CYANOBACTERIA; EUTROPHICATION; LAKES; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS;

EID: 84985919348     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.6b02204     Document Type: Article

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