Sediment-water oxygen and nutrient exchanges along the longitudinal axis of Chesapeake Bay: Seasonal patterns, controlling factors and ecological significance

Estuaries

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 562-580

  Cowan, Jean L W ^a   Boynton, Walter R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ENVIRONMENT; ESTUARIES; ESTUARY; NUTRIENT; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; OXYGEN; POREWATER; SEDIMENT-WATER EXCHANGES; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

USA, CHESAPEAKE BAY;

EID: 0029664243     PISSN: 01608347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1352518     Document Type: Article

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