Agricultural runoff fuels large phytoplankton blooms in vulnerable areas of the ocean

Nature

Volumn 434, Issue 7030, 2005, Pages 211-214

  Beman, J Michael ^a   Arrigo, Kevin R ^a   Matson, Pamela A ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DENITRIFICATION; FERTILIZERS; IRRIGATION; MARINE BIOLOGY; NITROGEN; PLANTS (BOTANY); SURFACE WATERS; WATER POLLUTION;

BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTIVITY; MARINE ECOSYSTEMS; MICROBIAL DENITRIFICATION; PHYTOPLANKTONS;

AGRICULTURAL RUNOFF;

FUEL; NITROGEN; NITROGEN FERTILIZER; RUNOFF; CHLOROPHYLL; CHLOROPHYLL A; FERTILIZER; SEA WATER;

ALGAL BLOOM; PHYTOPLANKTON;

AGRICULTURE; ALGAL BLOOM; ARTICLE; FERTILIZATION; IRRIGATION (AGRICULTURE); MARINE ENVIRONMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEA; TROPICS; UNITED STATES; WATER POLLUTION; BIOMASS; CHEMISTRY; ECOSYSTEM; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYTOPLANKTON; TROPIC CLIMATE;

FERTILIZATION; FERTILIZERS; IRRIGATION; NITROGEN; PLANT RESIDUES; PLANTS; SURFACE WATER; WATER POLLUTION;

AGRICULTURE; BIOMASS; CALIFORNIA; CHLOROPHYLL; ECOSYSTEM; FERTILIZERS; NITROGEN; OCEANS AND SEAS; PHYTOPLANKTON; SEAWATER; TROPICAL CLIMATE; WATER POLLUTION;

EID: 15244357042     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature03370     Document Type: Article

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