Nitrogen isotope ratios in estuarine biota collected along a nutrient gradient in Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island, USA

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 612-620

  Pruell, Richard J ^a   Taplin, Bryan K ^a   Lake, James L ^a   Jayaraman, Saro ^a  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

15N; Coastal eutrophication; Estuarine species; Narragansett Bay; Nitrogen isotopes; Nutrients

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; FOOD PRESERVATIVES; ISOTOPES; NUTRITION; SALTS; SEAWATER;

COASTAL EUTROPHICATION; ESTUARINE SPECIES; NARRAGANSETT BAY; NITROGEN ISOTOPES; NUTRIENTS;

NITROGEN;

AMMONIA; NITRATE; NITROGEN; SEA WATER;

ESTUARINE ORGANISM; ESTUARY; FOOD WEB; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; SALTMARSH;

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; COASTAL WATERS; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ESTUARY; EUTROPHICATION; FOOD WEB; INFORMATION PROCESSING; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT; SALT MARSH; SEASONAL VARIATION; SNAIL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SUMMER; ULVA; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; BIVALVIA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EUTROPHICATION; FISHES; FOOD CHAIN; NITROGEN ISOTOPES; PALAEMONIDAE; RHODE ISLAND; SEASONS; SEWAGE; SNAILS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; ULVA; WATER POLLUTION;

NARRAGANSETT BAY; NORTH AMERICA; RHODE ISLAND; UNITED STATES;

GASTROPODA; ILYANASSA OBSOLETA; ULVA ARASAKII; ULVA LACTUCA;

EID: 33744898834     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2005.10.009     Document Type: Article

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