Establishing relationships among nutrient concentrations, phytoplankton abundance, and biochemical oxygen demand in Minnesota, USA, Rivers

Lake and Reservoir Management

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 251-262

  Heiskary, Steven ^a   Markus, Howard ^a  

^a MINNESOTA POLLUTION CONTROL AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Algae; Biochemical oxygen demand; Chlorophyll; Eutrophication; Flow; Nutrients; Residence time; Rivers

Indexed keywords

EID: 84989353896     PISSN: 07438141     EISSN: 10402381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07438140109354134     Document Type: Article

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