Forecasting annual cyanobacterial bloom biomass to inform management decisions in Lake Erie

Journal of Great Lakes Research

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 1174-1183

  Stumpf, Richard P ^a   Johnson, Laura T ^b   Wynne, Timothy T ^a   Baker, David B ^b  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b HEIDELBERG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cyanobacteria; Harmful algal blooms; Lake Erie; Models; Phosphorus; Satellite

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; MODELS; PHOSPHORUS; SATELLITES;

BIOAVAILABLE PHOSPHORUS; CYANOBACTERIA; CYANOBACTERIAL BLOOMS; DISSOLVED REACTIVE PHOSPHORUS; HARMFUL ALGAL BLOOMS; LAKE ERIE; MICROCYSTIS AERUGINOSA; PARTICULATE PHOSPHORUS;

LAKES;

ALGAL BLOOM; BIOMASS; CYANOBACTERIUM; DECISION MAKING; FORECASTING METHOD; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; NUTRIENT LOSS; PHOSPHORUS; PUBLIC HEALTH; RIVER DISCHARGE; SATELLITE; TOXIC ORGANISM;

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

ALGAE; CYANOBACTERIA; MICROCYSTIS; MICROCYSTIS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 84995481615     PISSN: 03801330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jglr.2016.08.006     Document Type: Article

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