Spatial variability in the coupling of organic carbon, nutrients, and phytoplankton pigments in surface waters and sediments of the Mississippi River plume

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 69, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 47-63

  Wysocki, Laura A ^a   Bianchi, Thomas S ^a   Powell, Rodney T ^b   Reuss, Nina ^c  

^a Tulane University   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA UNIVERSITIES MARINE CONSORTIUM   (United States)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

benthic pelagic coupling; Gulf of Mexico; Mississippi River plume; organic matter; phytoplankton; pigment biomarkers

Indexed keywords

BENTHIC-PELAGIC COUPLING; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; NUTRIENT; ORGANIC CARBON; PHYTOPLANKTON; PIGMENT; RIVER DISCHARGE; SEDIMENT; SEDIMENT ANALYSIS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MEXICO; LOUISIANA SHELF; MISSISSIPPI RIVER; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

BACILLARIOPHYTA;

EID: 33745918622     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2006.03.022     Document Type: Article

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