Nitrogen biogeochemistry in the oligohaline zone of a New England estuary

Ecology

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 416-432

  Holmes, Robert M ^a   Peterson, Bruce J ^a   Deegan, Linda A ^a   Hughes, Jeffrey E ^a   Fry, Brian ^b,c  

^a ECOSYSTEMS CENTER   (United States)

^b FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

15N; Actinocyclus normanii; Diatoms; Estuary; Land margin ecosystem; Massachusetts (USA); Nitrogen cycling; Oligohaline zone; Phytoplankton; Silica; Stable isotope; Terrestrial aquatic linkage

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; ESTUARINE CHEMISTRY; NITROGEN; TRACER;

MASSACHUSETTS; PARKER RIVER; UNITED STATES;

ACTINOCYCLUS NORMANII; BACILLARIOPHYTA;

EID: 0033923552     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(2000)081[0416:NBITOZ]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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