The formation of high nutrient-low salinity water in the Gulf of Maine: A nutrient trap?

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 617-628

  Garside, C ^a   Garside, J C ^a   Keller, M D ^a   Sieracki, M E ^a  

^a BIGELOW LABORATORY FOR OCEAN SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

algorithms; Gulf of Maine; nitrate

Indexed keywords

HYDRODYNAMICS; LOW SALINITY-HIGH NITRATE; NITRATES; NUTRIENT TRAP; SALINITY;

GULF OF MAINE;

EID: 0030131659     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/ecss.1996.0040     Document Type: Article

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