Chemical indicators of anthropogenic nitrogen loading in four pacific estuaries

Pacific Science

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 77-101

  Fry, Brian ^a   Gace, Arian ^a   McClelland, James W ^b  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ECOSYSTEMS CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ESTUARINE CHEMISTRY; EUTROPHICATION; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; NITROGEN;

PACIFIC COAST; UNITED STATES;

CELLULAR ORGANISMS;

EID: 0037225645     PISSN: 00308870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/psc.2003.0004     Document Type: Article

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