Summertime nutrient supply to near-surface waters of the northeastern gulf of Mexico: 1998, 1999, and 2000

Gulf of Mexico Science

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 137-160

  Belabbassi, Leila ^a   Chapman, Piers ^a   Nowlin Jr , Worth D ^a   Jochens, Ann E ^a   Biggs, Douglas C ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CURRENT; EDDY; EUPHOTIC ZONE; NITRATE; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; RIVER DISCHARGE; SILICATE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MEXICO;

EID: 30744467469     PISSN: 1087688X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.18785/goms.2302.01     Document Type: Article

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