Groundwater-transported dissolved organic nitrogen exports from coastal watersheds

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 2248-2261

  Kroeger, K D ^a,b   Cole, M L ^a,c   Valiela, I ^a  

^a MARINE BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c Save The Bay   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISSOLVED ORGANIC NITROGEN; GROUNDWATER FLOW; TRANSPORT PROCESS; WATERSHED;

CAPE COD; MASSACHUSETTS; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33746384992     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.2006.51.5.2248     Document Type: Article

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