Our evolving conceptual model of the coastal eutrophication problem

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 210, Issue , 2001, Pages 223-253

  Cloern, J E ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coastal ecosystems; Coastal eutrophication; Estuaries; Nitrogen; Nutrient enrichment; Phosphorus

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; COASTAL STRUCTURE; COASTAL ZONE; ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE; EUTROPHICATION; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT;

EID: 0035951368     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps210223     Document Type: Review

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