Nutrient changes in the Mississippi river and system responses on the adjacent continental shelf

Estuaries

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 386-407

  Rabalais, Nancy N ^a   Turner, R Eugene ^b   Justić, Dubravko ^b   Dortch, Quay ^a   Wiseman Jr , William J ^b   Sen Gupta, Barun K ^b  

^a Louisiana Universities Mar C   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL SHELF; LONG-TERM CHANGES; NUTRIENT BALANCE; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; RIVER DISCHARGE; RIVERINE INPUT; SILICA;

GULF OF MEXICO; USA, MISSISSIPPI, MISSISSIPPI RIVER;

EID: 0029842153     PISSN: 01608347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1352458     Document Type: Article

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