The roles of anoxia, H2S, and storm events in fish kills of dead-end canals of Delaware inland bays

Estuaries

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 551-560

  Luther III, George W ^a   Ma, Shufen ^a   Trouwborst, Robert ^a   Glazer, Brian ^a   Blickley, Michelle ^a   Scarborough, Robert W ^b   Mensinger, Michael G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b DE Dept Nat Rsrc Environ Contr   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; MORTALITY; STORM;

DELAWARE BAY; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

BREVOORTIA; BREVOORTIA TYRANNNS; CICONIIFORMES; HALIAEETUS LEUCOCEPHALUS;

EID: 3042763003     PISSN: 01608347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02803546     Document Type: Article

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