Nitrogen loading into an urban estuary: Lake Pontchartrain (Louisiana, U.S.A.)

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 487, Issue , 2002, Pages 137-152

  Turner, R E ^a   Dortch, Q ^b   Justic', D ^a   Swenson, E M ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Louisiana Marine Consortium   (United States)

Author keywords

Estuary; Lake Pontchartrain; Louisiana; Nitrogen loading; Non point source; Watershed

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEMS; FLOOD CONTROL; NITROGEN; WATER QUALITY; WETLANDS;

NITROGEN LOADING;

LAKES;

ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEM; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT BUDGET; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; WATER QUALITY;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0242668382     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1022994210268     Document Type: Article

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