Relationships among water-quality parameters from the North Inlet-Winyah Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve, South Carolina

Journal of Coastal Research

Volumn 20, Issue SPEC. ISS. 45, 2004, Pages 59-74

  Buzzelli, Christopher ^a,e   Akman, Olcay ^b   Buck, Tracy ^a   Koepfler, Eric ^c   Morris, James ^d   Lewitus, Alan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b School of Business   (United States)

^c Wall College of Business   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^e NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Estuary; Monitoring; North America; Nutrients; Phytoplankton; Salt marsh

Indexed keywords

DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; WATER QUALITY;

NORTH AMERICA; SOUTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WINYAH BAY; WORLD;

SPARTINA ALTERNIFLORA;

EID: 11244255858     PISSN: 07490208     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2112/si45-059.1     Document Type: Article

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