Internal loading of phosphorus in western Lake Erie

Journal of Great Lakes Research

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 775-788

  Matisoff, Gerald ^a   Kaltenberg, Eliza M ^a   Steely, Rebecca L ^a   Hummel, Stephanie K ^a   Seo, Jinyu ^a   Gibbons, Kenneth J ^b   Bridgeman, Thomas B ^b   Seo, Youngwoo ^c   Behbahani, Mohsen ^c   James, William F ^d   Johnson, Laura T ^e   Doan, Phuong ^f   Dittrich, Maria ^f   Evans, Mary Anne ^g   Chaffin, Justin D ^h  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO   (United States)

^c Toledo   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN STOUT   (United States)

^e HEIDELBERG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^g U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^h Department of Evolution Ecology and Organismal Biology   (United States)

Author keywords

Internal loading; Lake Erie; Phosphorus; Phosphorus flux; Sediments; Western Basin

Indexed keywords

MAGNESIUM; METALLURGY; MICROELECTRODES; PHOSPHORUS; SEDIMENTS; WATER;

DIFFUSIVE EQUILIBRIUM; INTERNAL LOADING; INTERNATIONAL JOINT COMMISSIONS; LAKE ERIE; MEAN ANNUAL TEMPERATURES; TARGET CONCENTRATIONS; TEMPERATURE CORRECTION FACTOR; WESTERN BASINS;

LAKES;

ALGAL BLOOM; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FLUX MEASUREMENT; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; LOADING TEST; OXIC CONDITIONS; PHOSPHATE; PHOSPHORUS CYCLE; POREWATER; SPATIAL VARIATION; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

GREAT LAKES [NORTH AMERICA]; LAKE ERIE; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; WESTERN BASIN;

CYANOBACTERIA;

EID: 84994876691     PISSN: 03801330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jglr.2016.04.004     Document Type: Article

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