Ecological response to hurricane events in the Pamlico Sound system, North Carolina, and implications for assessment and management in a regime of increased frequency

Estuaries and Coasts

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1033-1045

  Paerl, Hans W ^a   Valdes, Lexia M ^a   Joyner, Alan R ^a   Peierls, Benjamin L ^a   Piehler, Michael F ^a   Riggs, Stanley R ^b   Christian, Robert R ^b   Eby, Lisa A ^c   Crowder, Larry B ^d   Ramus, Joseph S ^d   Clesceri, Erika J ^e   Buzzelli, Christopher P ^f   Luettich Jr , Richard A ^a  

^a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^b EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^d DUKE UNIVERSITY MARINE LABORATORY   (United States)

^e UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^f Ctr Coast Environ Hlth B   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE; ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEM; EUTROPHICATION; HURRICANE; NUTRIENT CYCLING; ORGANIC MATTER; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; STORM SURGE; TROPHIC LEVEL; WATER QUALITY; WIND FORCING;

ATLANTIC COAST [NORTH AMERICA]; ATLANTIC COAST [UNITED STATES]; GULF COAST [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; NORTH CAROLINA; PAMLICO SOUND; UNITED STATES;

OPHELIA;

EID: 36749019540     PISSN: 15592723     EISSN: 15592731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf02798666     Document Type: Review

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