Total and soluble reactive phosphorus loadings to Lake Erie: A detailed accounting by year, basin, country, and tributary

Journal of Great Lakes Research

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 1151-1165

  Maccoux, Matthew J ^a   Dove, Alice ^b   Backus, Sean M ^b   Dolan, David M ^c  

^a Environment and Climate Change Canada ^*  (United States)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN GREEN BAY   (United States)

Author keywords

Lake Erie; Loadings; Phosphorus; Soluble reactive phosphorus

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; DEPOSITION; LOADING; METEOROLOGICAL PROBLEMS; PHOSPHORUS; WATER QUALITY;

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITIONS; GREAT LAKES WATER QUALITY AGREEMENTS; INTERANNUAL VARIABILITY; LAKE ERIE; NON-POINT SOURCE; PHOSPHORUS LOADS; POINT SOURCE DISCHARGES; SOLUBLE REACTIVE PHOSPHORUS;

LAKES;

ANNUAL VARIATION; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; BASIN ANALYSIS; NONPOINT SOURCE POLLUTION; NUTRIENT BUDGET; PHOSPHORUS; RIVER BASIN; RIVER DISCHARGE; TRIBUTARY; WATER QUALITY;

GREAT LAKES [NORTH AMERICA]; HURON RIVER; LAKE ERIE; MICHIGAN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84995404075     PISSN: 03801330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jglr.2016.08.005     Document Type: Article

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