| Water category: | River |
| Pressure categories | Nutrients |
| Pressure detail | Total Phosphorus (TP) |
| WFD Indicators- R | Composition Abundance Phytoplancton |
| Specific Index | |
| Brief text description | Links between chlorophyll a in summer and TP. |
| Long text description | Links between chlorophyll a in summer and TP. Quadratic model : log(Chl)=-1.65 + 1.99 (log TP) - 0.28 (log TP)² (r²=0.67) Chl in mg.m-³ and TP in mg.m-³ Nutrient range : TP = 5 - 1030 mg P/m³ Source data from 292 samples (mainly North America, but also Europe, Korea, Iraq and Australia). |
| History of development | |
| References | Van Nieuwenhuyse and Jones, 1996. Phosphorus-Chlorophyll relationship in temperate streams and its variation with stream catchment area. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. 53(1):99-105 |
| Geographical region (GIG) - R | |
| Ecoregion - LR | |
| Country | |
| Geographical location of source data | Worldwide |
| Reference conditions | Unknown |
| Development | Existing |
| Uncertainty | Unknown |
| Link to document store | No |
| BMW Toolbox | No |
| Entry status | Unvalidated |