Macrophytes as indicators of land-derived wastewater: Application of a δ15N method in aquatic systems

Water Resources Research

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 1-9

  Cole, Marci L ^a,b   Kroeger, Kevin D ^a,c   McClelland, James W ^a,d   Valiela, Ivan ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY MARINE PROGRAM   (United States)

^b Save The Bay   (United States)

^c WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^d ECOSYSTEMS CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISSOLUTION; ESTUARIES; GROUNDWATER; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); RESEARCH;

NITROGEN LOADS; PARTICULATE ORGANIC MATTER (POM); PONDS; SEASONAL CHANGES;

WASTEWATER;

ESTUARINE POLLUTION; MACROPHYTE; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; POLLUTION MONITORING; WASTEWATER;

CAPE COD; MASSACHUSETTS; NANTUCKET; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

GADUS MORHUA;

EID: 14944347589     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004WR003269     Document Type: Article

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