Variations in water clarity and chlorophyll a in Tampa Bay, Florida, in response to annual rainfall, 1985-2004

Estuaries and Coasts

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 926-931

  Morrison, Gerold ^a   Sherwood, Edward T ^a   Boler, Richard ^a   Barron, Joe ^a  

^a Environmental Protection Commission of Hillsborough County   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPHYLL A; EL NINO; NITROGEN; NONPOINT SOURCE POLLUTION; RAINFALL; TROPICAL CYCLONE; TURBIDITY; WATER;

FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; TAMPA BAY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 36749066010     PISSN: 15592723     EISSN: 15592731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02798652     Document Type: Article

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