Seasonal investigations of dissolved organic carbon dynamics in the Tamar Estuary, U.K.

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 891-908

  Miller, A E J ^a,b,c  

^a PLYMOUTH MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE HIGHLANDS AND ISLANDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dissolved organic carbon; Macrotidal; North European; Seasonal variations

Indexed keywords

DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; ESTUARINE CHEMISTRY; SEASONAL VARIATION;

ENGLAND; TAMAR ESTUARY; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0033375560     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/ecss.1999.0552     Document Type: Article

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