Nitrogenous nutrient sources and sinks in the Juan de Fuca Strait/Strait of Georgia/Puget Sound estuarine system: Assessing the potential for eutrophication

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 1-21

  Mackas, David L ^a   Harrison, Paul J ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF OCEAN SCIENCES   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

estuarine circulation; eutrophication; inland sea; nutrients; sewage

Indexed keywords

ESTUARINE DYNAMICS; EUTROPHICATION IMPLICATIONS; NITROGEN COMPOUNDS; NUTRIENTS;

STRAIT OF GEORGIA; STRAIT OF JUAN DE FUCA; USA, WASHINGTON, PUGET SOUND;

EID: 0030620814     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/ecss.1996.0110     Document Type: Article

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