Possible effects of climate change on estuarine nutrient fluxes: A case study in the highly nutrified Schelde estuary (Belgium, the Netherlands)

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 649-661

  Struyf, Eric ^a   Van Damme, Stefan ^a   Meire, Patrick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

climate change; estuary; hydrology; nitrogen; non point pollution; silica

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEM; NONPOINT SOURCE POLLUTION; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; SALINITY; SILICA;

BENELUX; EURASIA; EUROPE; NETHERLANDS; WESTERN EUROPE; WESTERSCHELDE; ZEELAND;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; TRIXIS;

EID: 3242705988     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2004.03.004     Document Type: Article

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