Figure 2. Components of total phosphorus and total nitrogen loads for Link River, Oregon, during model year 2007. Total phosphorus consists of phosphorus in algae, particulate organic matter (POM), dissolved organic matter (DOM), and orthophosphate (PO₄). Total nitrogen consists of nitrogen in algae, POM, DOM, nitrate (NO₃), and ammonia (NH₄). Values are weekly moving averages of hourly model input.


First posted July 24, 2013