Sediment trap studies in Lake Superior: Insights into resuspension, cross-margin transport, and carbon cycling

Journal of Great Lakes Research

Volumn 30, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2004, Pages 147-161

  Urban, Noel R ^a   Lu, Xuefei ^a   Chai, Yingtao ^a   Apul, Defne S ^a  

^a Michigan Technological University   (United States)

Author keywords

Resuspension; Sediment trap; Sedimentation; Settling flux

Indexed keywords

CARBON; ISOTOPES; LAKES; NITROGEN;

CARBON RECYCLING; SEDIMENT TRAP; SUSPENDED MATERIALS;

SEDIMENTS;

RESUSPENSION;

GREAT LAKES; LAKE SUPERIOR; NORTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

ACCIPITRIDAE;

EID: 11844296840     PISSN: 03801330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0380-1330(04)70383-4     Document Type: Conference Paper

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