Spatial Variation in Nutrient and Water Color Effects on Lake Chlorophyll at Macroscales.

The nutrient-water color paradigm is a framework to characterize lake trophic status by relating lake primary productivity to both nutrients and water color, the colored component of dissolved organic carbon. Total phosphorus (TP), a limiting nutrient, and water color, a strong light attenuator, inf...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: C Emi Fergus, Andrew O Finley, Patricia A Soranno, Tyler Wagner
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5063324?pdf=render