Assessing the Contribution of the Environmental Parameters to Eutrophication with the Use of the “PaD” and “PaD2” Methods in a Hypereutrophic Lake
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Study Area and Data Collection
2.2. ANNs Methodologies
2.3. ANN Model Development
3. Results and Discussion
3.1. ANN’s Simulation Results
3.2. Implications for Management and Restoration
4. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Conflicts of Interest
Abbreviations
SRP | Soluble Reactive Phosphorus |
DIN | Dissolved Inorganic Nitrogen |
EC | Electrical Conductivity |
WT | Water Temperature |
DO | Dissolved Oxygen |
SD | Secchi Disk |
RE | Absolute Relative Error |
R2 | Coefficient of Determination |
HAB | Harmful Algal Bloom |
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Model Performance | R2 | RE |
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Training set | 0.76 | 0.57 |
Test set | 0.82 | 0.64 |
Whole set | 0.77 | 0.59 |
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Hadjisolomou, E.; Stefanidis, K.; Papatheodorou, G.; Papastergiadou, E. Assessing the Contribution of the Environmental Parameters to Eutrophication with the Use of the “PaD” and “PaD2” Methods in a Hypereutrophic Lake. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2016, 13, 764. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph13080764
Hadjisolomou E, Stefanidis K, Papatheodorou G, Papastergiadou E. Assessing the Contribution of the Environmental Parameters to Eutrophication with the Use of the “PaD” and “PaD2” Methods in a Hypereutrophic Lake. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2016; 13(8):764. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph13080764
Chicago/Turabian StyleHadjisolomou, Ekaterini, Konstantinos Stefanidis, George Papatheodorou, and Evanthia Papastergiadou. 2016. "Assessing the Contribution of the Environmental Parameters to Eutrophication with the Use of the “PaD” and “PaD2” Methods in a Hypereutrophic Lake" International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 13, no. 8: 764. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph13080764