Summer formation of a high-nutrient low-oxygen pool in Cape Cod Bay, USA

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 112, Issue 5, 2007, Pages

  Jiang, Mingshun S ^a   Wallace, Gordon T ^a   Zhou, Meng ^a   Libby, Scott ^b   Hunt, Carlton D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON   (United States)

^b BATTELLE MEMORIAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; COASTAL ZONES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUTRIENTS; OCEANOGRAPHY; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTATION; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION; THERMAL STRATIFICATION; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; WIND;

BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; HIGH TEMPERATURE; MODELING; NUTRIENT CYCLING; ORGANIC MATTER; SEDIMENTATION; STRATIFICATION; THERMOCLINE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BOSTON HARBOR; CAPE COD BAY; GULF OF MAINE; MASSACHUSETTS; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 36949005726     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006JC003889     Document Type: Article

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