Water and sediment as sources of phosphate in aquatic ecosystems: The Detroit River and its role in the Laurentian Great Lakes

• Published in: The Science of the total environment Vol. 647; pp. 1594 - 1603
• Main Authors: Colborne, S.F., Maguire, T.J., Mayer, B., Nightingale, M., Enns, G.E., Fisk, A.T., Drouillard, K.G., Mohamed, M.N., Weisener, C.G., Wellen, C., Mundle, S.O.C.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Netherlands Elsevier B.V 10.01.2019
• Subjects: Anthropogenic impacts; Bioavailable; Detroit River; Isotopic tracers; Mineralized; Phosphorus; Anthropogenic impacts; Phosphorus; Bioavailable; Isotopic tracers; Detroit River; Mineralized

Eutrophication of freshwater ecosystems and harmful algal blooms (HABs) are an ongoing concern affecting water quality in the Great Lakes watershed of North America. Despite binational management efforts, Lake Erie has been at the center of dissolved reactive phosphate driven eutrophication research...