Dissolved organic nitrogen and nitrate in Apalachicola bay, Florida: Spatial distributions and monthly budgets

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 214, Issue , 2001, Pages 79-91

  Mortazavi, Behzad ^a   Iverson, Richard L ^a   Huang, Wenrui ^b  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FAMU FSU COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING   (United States)

Author keywords

Bar built estuary; Dissolved Organic Nitrogen; Nitrate; Residence time

Indexed keywords

DISSOLVED ORGANIC NITROGEN; NITRATE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TEMPORAL DISTRIBUTION;

APALACHICOLA BAY; FLORIDA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0035953406     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps214079     Document Type: Article

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