Variations in primary production of northern Gulf of Mexico continental shelf waters linked to nutrient inputs from the Mississippi river

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 155, Issue , 1997, Pages 45-54

  Lohrenz, Steven E ^a   Fahnenstiel, Gary L ^b   Redalje, Donald G ^a   Lang, Gregory A ^b   Chen, Xiaogang ^a   Dagg, Michael J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

^b NOAA GREAT LAKES ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c Louisiana Universities Mar C   (United States)

Author keywords

Continental shelf; Eutrophication; Gulf of Mexico; Hypoxia; Mississippi River; Nutrients; Phytoplankton; Primary production

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL SHELVES; NITRATE; NITRITE; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; NUTRIENT FLUX; OXYGEN DEPLETION; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; RIVER DISCHARGE;

GULF OF MEXICO; MISSISSIPPI RIVER; USA;

EID: 0030931908     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps155045     Document Type: Article

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