Nutrient-enhanced productivity in the northern Gulf of Mexico: Past, present and future

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 475-476, Issue , 2002, Pages 39-63

  Rabalais, Nancy N ^a   Turner, R Eugene ^b   Dortch, Quay ^a   Justic, Dubravko ^b   Bierman Jr , Victor J ^c   Wiseman Jr , William J ^a  

^a LOUISIANA UNIVERSITIES MARINE CONSORTIUM   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c LimnoTech   (United States)

Author keywords

Eutrophication; Gulf of Mexico; Hypoxia; Mississippi River; Nutrient enhanced productivity; River ocean interactions

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPHYLL; COASTAL ZONES; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS; EUTROPHICATION; NITROGEN; PRODUCTIVITY;

LANDSCAPES;

MARINE BIOLOGY;

COASTAL WATER; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; EUTROPHICATION; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; PRODUCTIVITY; RIVER DISCHARGE;

GULF OF MEXICO;

EID: 0037095954     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1020388503274     Document Type: Article

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