Spatial and temporal patterns in sediment and water column nutrients in a eutrophic southern California estuary

Estuaries

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 378-388

  Boyle, Karleen A ^a   Kamer, Krista ^a   Fong, Peggy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGAL BLOOM; ESTUARINE DYNAMICS; EUTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; SPATIAL VARIATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION; WATER QUALITY;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ALGAE; CERAMIUM; ENTEROMORPHA INTESTINALIS; ULVA; ULVA EXPANSA; ULVA INTESTINALIS;

EID: 3042810116     PISSN: 01608347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02803530     Document Type: Article

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