High-resolution modeling for development of nearshore ecosystem objectives in eastern Lake Erie

Journal of Great Lakes Research

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 1241-1251

  Valipour, Reza ^a   León, Luis F ^a   Depew, David ^a   Dove, Alice ^a   Rao, Yerubandi R ^a  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cladophora; Coastal upwelling; Lake Erie; Load Response curves; Three dimensional water quality model

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ENGINEERING; ECOLOGY; PHOSPHORUS; WATER QUALITY;

CLADOPHORA; COASTAL UPWELLING; LAKE ERIE; RESPONSE CURVES; WATER QUALITY MODELING;

LAKES;

ALGAL BLOOM; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ECOSYSTEM MODELING; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; FRESHWATER INPUT; GREEN ALGA; GROWTH RATE; HABITAT AVAILABILITY; NEARSHORE ENVIRONMENT; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; PHOSPHORUS; SPECTRAL RESOLUTION; UPWELLING; WATER EXCHANGE; WATER QUALITY;

GREAT LAKES [NORTH AMERICA]; LAKE ERIE;

CLADOPHORA;

EID: 84995381189     PISSN: 03801330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jglr.2016.08.011     Document Type: Article

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