Variations of internal phosphorus loading and water quality in a hypertrophic lake during 40 years of different management efforts

Ecological Engineering

Volumn 103, Issue , 2017, Pages 264-274

  Horppila, Jukka ^a   Holmroos, Heidi ^a   Niemistö, Juha ^a   Massa, Ilmo ^a   Nygrén, Nina ^b   Schönach, Paula ^a   Tapio, Petri ^b   Tammeorg, Olga ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Aeration; Hypertrophic lake; Internal phosphorus loading; Management; Water quality

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; LAKES; MANAGEMENT; PHOSPHORUS; SEWAGE; WATER AERATION; WATER QUALITY; WEB CRAWLER;

AGRICULTURAL AREAS; DE-STRATIFICATION; HIGH PRODUCTIVITY; HYPERTROPHIC LAKES; MANAGEMENT EFFORTS; NEAR-BOTTOM TEMPERATURE; PHOSPHORUS LOADING; SEDIMENT RE SUSPENSIONS;

LOADING;

AERATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FOOD WEB; HYPERTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; ORGANIC PHOSPHORUS; PHOSPHORUS; RESUSPENSION; SEWAGE DISPOSAL; WATER QUALITY;

FINLAND;

EID: 85017465910     PISSN: 09258574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2017.04.018     Document Type: Article

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