Modeling hypoxia in the central basin of Lake Erie under potential phosphorus load reduction scenarios

Journal of Great Lakes Research

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 1206-1211

  Rucinski, Daniel K ^a   DePinto, Joseph V ^a   Beletsky, Dmitry ^b   Scavia, Donald ^b  

^a LimnoTech   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Eutrophication; Hypoxia; Lake Erie; Loads; Modeling

Indexed keywords

EUTROPHICATION; LOADING; MODELS; PHOSPHORUS; WATER QUALITY;

ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE; EUTROPHICATION MODEL; GREAT LAKES WATER QUALITY AGREEMENTS; HYPOXIA; LAKE ERIE; METEOROLOGICAL VARIABILITY; PHOSPHORUS LOADING; TOTAL PHOSPHORUS;

LAKES;

CALIBRATION; CHLOROPHYLL A; CLIMATE VARIATION; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; EUTROPHICATION; HYDRODYNAMICS; HYPOXIA; INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENT; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; ONE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; PHOSPHORUS; WATER QUALITY;

GREAT LAKES [NORTH AMERICA]; LAKE ERIE;

EID: 85007107502     PISSN: 03801330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jglr.2016.07.001     Document Type: Article

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