Identifying sources of nitrogen to Hanalei Bay, Kauai, utilizing the nitrogen isotope signature of macroalgae

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 41, Issue 15, 2007, Pages 5217-5223

  Derse, Elizabeth ^a   Knee, Karen L ^a   Wankel, Scott D ^a   Kendall, Carol ^b   Berg Jr , Carl J ^c   Paytan, Adina ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); ECOSYSTEMS; EFFLUENTS; NITRATES; NUTRIENTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RUNOFF; SEWAGE; ALGAE; GROUNDWATER; ISOTOPES; NITROGEN; RIVER POLLUTION;

ISOTOPIC SIGNATURES; LIMITING ALGAE GROWTH; REMEDIATION PLANS;

RIVER POLLUTION; NITROGEN FERTILIZERS;

FERTILIZER; GROUND WATER; ISOTOPE; NITRATE; NITROGEN; PHOSPHATE; RUNOFF; STORM WATER;

DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); ECOSYSTEMS; EFFLUENTS; NITRATES; NUTRIENTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RIVER POLLUTION; RUNOFF; SEWAGE;

CORAL REEF; DISSOLVED INORGANIC PHOSPHORUS; GROWTH RATE; LIMITING FACTOR; MACROALGA; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; POLLUTANT SOURCE; REMEDIATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RIVER POLLUTION;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; COASTAL WATERS; ECOSYSTEM; MACROALGA; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT; RIVER; SEA POLLUTION; SEASHORE; SEWAGE EFFLUENT; UNITED STATES; WATER POLLUTION;

ALGAE; CARBON; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOGRAPHY; HAWAII; NITROGEN; NITROGEN ISOTOPES; PARTICULATE MATTER; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

HANALEI BAY; HAWAII [UNITED STATES]; HAWAIIAN ISLANDS; KAUAI; NORTH AMERICA; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; UNITED STATES;

ALGAE; ANTHOZOA;

ALGAE GROWTH; COASTAL ECOSYSTEMS; COASTAL WATERS; CORAL REEF; DOMESTIC SEWAGE; EXTERNAL SOURCES; INORGANIC PHOSPHATES; ISOTOPIC SIGNATURES; MACRO-ALGAE; MOLAR RATIO; N:P RATIO; NITRATE SOURCES; NITROGEN ISOTOPES; NITROGEN ISOTOPIC; NUTRIENT LOADING; POLLUTED RIVERS; POTENTIAL SOURCES; REMEDIATION PLAN; SEWAGE EFFLUENTS; STORM RUNOFF;

EID: 34547689068     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es0700449     Document Type: Article

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