The effect of nitrogen loading on a brackish estuarine faunal community: A stable isotope approach

Estuaries

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 460-471

  Keats, Rachel A ^a   Osher, Laurie J ^b   Neckles, Hilary A ^c  

^a University of Maine   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY RESPONSE; ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEM; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; NITROGEN CYCLE; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; STABLE ISOTOPE;

MAINE; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ALGAE; AMPHIPODA; ANAS PENELOPE; ANNELIDA; CHIRONOMIDAE; CHIRONOMUS; CHIRONOMUS THUMMI; CRICOTOPUS; DICROTENDIPES; ENALLAGMA; INVERTEBRATA; OLIGOCHAETA (METAZOA); OSTRACODA; RUPPIA; RUPPIA MARITIMA; ZYGOPTERA;

EID: 3042847369     PISSN: 01608347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02803538     Document Type: Article

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