Seasonal changes in groundwater input to a well-mixed estuary estimated using radium isotopes and implications for coastal nutrient budgets

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 1796-1807

  Kelly, R P ^a   Moran, S B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTUARY; FRESHWATER INPUT; GROUNDWATER; NUTRIENT BUDGET; RADIUM ISOTOPE; SEASONAL VARIATION;

RHODE ISLAND; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036867068     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.2002.47.6.1796     Document Type: Article

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