Mass-balance modeling framework for simulating and managing long-term water quality for the lower Great Lakes

Journal of Great Lakes Research

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 1166-1173

  Chapra, Steven C ^a   Dolan, David M ^b   Dove, Alice ^c  

^a Tufts University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN GREEN BAY   (United States)

^c ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Annex 4; Eutrophication; GLWQA; Lake Erie; Lake Ontario; Phosphorus

Indexed keywords

EUTROPHICATION; PHOSPHORUS; WATER QUALITY;

ANNEX 4; GLWQA; LAKE ERIE; LAKE ONTARIO; MASS BALANCE MODEL; PHOSPHORUS CONCENTRATION; POTENTIAL RESPONSE; TOTAL PHOSPHORUS;

LAKES;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EUTROPHICATION; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; MASS BALANCE; NUMERICAL METHOD; PHOSPHORUS; WATER QUALITY;

GREAT LAKES [NORTH AMERICA]; LAKE ERIE; LAKE ONTARIO;

EID: 84996969500     PISSN: 03801330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jglr.2016.04.008     Document Type: Article

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