Production patterns in Massachusetts Bay with outfall relocation

Estuaries and Coasts

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 35-46

  Oviatt, Candace A ^a   Hyde, Kimberly J W ^a   Keller, Aimee A ^b   Turner, Jefferson T ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^b University of Massachusetts Dartmouth ^*  (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS DARTMOUTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPHYLL; NUTRIENT CYCLING; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; WATER COLUMN; ZOOPLANKTON;

BOSTON HARBOR; MASSACHUSETTS; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34247212106     PISSN: 15592723     EISSN: 15592731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02782965     Document Type: Article

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