Role of the Oder estuary (southern Baltic) in transformation of the riverine nutrient loads

Journal of Marine Systems

Volumn 57, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 30-54

  Pastuszak, Marianna ^a   Witek, Zbigniew ^b   Nagel, Klaus ^c   Wielgat, Magdalena ^a   Grelowski, Alfred ^a  

^a NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Poland)

^b POMERANIAN UNIVERSITY IN S UPSK   (Poland)

^c LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR BALTIC SEA RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Baltic; Budget; Loads; Nutrients; Oder estuary

Indexed keywords

DENITRIFICATION; ECOSYSTEMS; ESTUARIES; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; STOICHIOMETRY;

BALTIC SEA; NET ECOSYSTEM PRODUCTION (NEP); ODER ESTUARY; TOTAL PHOSPHORUS (TP);

NUTRITION;

ESTUARINE CHEMISTRY; NUTRIENT;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; ODER ESTUARY; POLAND; WORLD;

EID: 22844446851     PISSN: 09247963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmarsys.2005.04.005     Document Type: Article

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