Relationships among satellite chlorophyll A, river inputs, and hypoxia on the Louisiana Continental Shelf, Gulf of Mexico

Estuaries and Coasts

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1081-1093

  Walker, Nan D ^a   Rabalais, Nancy N ^b  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA UNIVERSITIES MARINE CONSORTIUM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPHYLL A; COASTAL CURRENT; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CONTINENTAL SHELF; HYPOXIA; MEASUREMENT METHOD; OCEAN COLOR; RIVER DISCHARGE; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SEAWIFS; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

ATCHAFALAYA DELTA; ATCHAFALAYA RIVER; ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MEXICO; LOUISIANA; LOUISIANA SHELF; MISSISSIPPI DELTA; MISSISSIPPI RIVER; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 36849022515     PISSN: 15592723     EISSN: 15592731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02781811     Document Type: Article

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