Organic carbon balance and net ecosystem metabolism in Chesapeake Bay

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 150, Issue 1-3, 1997, Pages 229-248

  Kemp, W M ^a   Smith, E M ^a   Marvin DiPasquale, M ^a,b   Boynton, W R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chesapeake Bay; Estuaries; Inorganic nutrients; Net ecosystem metabolism; Organic carbon; Production; Respiration

Indexed keywords

BALANCE; CARBON BALANCE; ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEMS; ESTUARY; NET ECOSYSTEM METABOLISM; ORGANIC CARBON;

USA, CHESAPEAKE BAY;

EID: 0030619267     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps150229     Document Type: Article

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