Seasonal deepening of the pycnocline in a shallow shelf ecosystem and its influence on near-bottom dissolved oxygen

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 178, Issue , 1999, Pages 151-168

  Kelly, John R ^a,b   Doering, Peter H ^c  

^a Mid Continent Ecology Division ^*  (United States)

^b U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^c SOUTH FLORIDA WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT   (United States)

Author keywords

Dissolved oxygen; Massachusetts Bay; Metabolism; Pycnocline; Stratification

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033577210     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps178151     Document Type: Article

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