Spatial distributions of external and internal phosphorus loads in Lake Erie and their impacts on phytoplankton and water quality

Journal of Great Lakes Research

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 1212-1227

  Zhang, Hongyan ^a   Boegman, Leon ^b   Scavia, Donald ^a   Culver, David A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Eutrophication; Excretion; Harmful algal bloom; Hypoxia; Sediment release

Indexed keywords

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; DECAY (ORGANIC); EUTROPHICATION; LAKES; PHYSIOLOGY; PHYTOPLANKTON; PLANKTON; REDUCTION; RIVER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

CRUSTACEAN ZOOPLANKTON; EXCRETION; HARMFUL ALGAL BLOOMS; HYPOXIA; PHOSPHORUS REDUCTIONS; SEDIMENT RE SUSPENSIONS; SEDIMENT RELEASE; SIMULATED REDUCTION;

PHOSPHORUS;

ALGAL BLOOM; ANOXIC SEDIMENT; CRUSTACEAN; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; EUTROPHICATION; EXCRETION; GROWING SEASON; HYPOXIA; ORGANIC MATTER; PHOSPHORUS; PHYTOPLANKTON; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; STRATIFICATION; SUCCESSION; WATER COLUMN; WATER QUALITY; ZOOPLANKTON;

GREAT LAKES [NORTH AMERICA]; LAKE ERIE;

ALGAE; CRUSTACEA; DREISSENIDAE; MICROCYSTIS;

EID: 84997112285     PISSN: 03801330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jglr.2016.09.005     Document Type: Article

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