Contribution of dissolved organic nitrogen from rivers to estuarine eutrophication

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 159, Issue , 1997, Pages 1-12

  Seitzinger, S P ^a,b   Sanders, R W ^a,c  

^a ACADEMY OF NATURAL SCIENCES OF DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Temple University   (United States)

Author keywords

Dissolved organic nitrogen; Estuaries; Eutrophication; Microbial processes; Nitrogen; Rivers

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BIOAVAILABILITY; DISSOLVED ORGANIC NITROGEN; ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEM; EUTROPHICATION; NITROGEN;

DELAWARE RIVER; JUDSON RIVER; USA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); VISCUM ALBUM;

EID: 0031590550     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps159001     Document Type: Article

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