Atmospheric input of nitrogen and phosphorus to the Southeast Mediterranean: Sources, fluxes, and possible impact

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 44, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 1683-1692

  Herut, Barak ^a   Krom, Michael D ^b   Pan, Gang ^b   Mortimer, Robert ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERE-HYDROSPHERE INTERACTION; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; PHOSPHORUS;

ISRAEL; MEDITERRANEAN COAST;

EID: 0032698514     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.1999.44.7.1683     Document Type: Article

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