Planktonic carbon cycling and transport in surface waters of the highly urbanized Hudson River estuary

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1779-1795

  Taylor, Gordon T ^a   Way, Juliette ^a   Scranton, Mary I ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CARBON CYCLE; CARBON FLUX; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTION; ORGANIC CARBON; PHYTOPLANKTON; RESPIRATION;

HUDSON ESTUARY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0141763512     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.2003.48.5.1779     Document Type: Article

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