The effects of the San Francisco Bay plume on trace metal and nutrient distributions in the Gulf of the Farallones

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 395-411

  Hurst, Matthew P ^a   Bruland, Kenneth W ^b  

^a HUMBOLDT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; COASTAL WATER; PLUME; PRODUCTIVITY; SURFACE WATER; TRACE ELEMENT; TRACE METAL; TRACER; WATER MASS;

CALIFORNIA; GULF OF FARALLONES; NORTH AMERICA; PACIFIC OCEAN; SAN FRANCISCO BAY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 37549038201     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2007.11.005     Document Type: Article

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