Dissolved nutrient balance and net ecosystem metabolism in a Mediterranean-climate coastal lagoon: San Diego Bay

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 594-607

  Delgadillo Hinojosa, F ^a,b   Zirino, A ^a,e   Holm Hansen, O ^a   Hernandez Ayon J M ^b   Boyd, T J ^c   Chadwick, B ^d   Rivera Duarte, I ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE BAJA CALIFORNIA   (Mexico)

^c NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^d Naval Command   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

carbon; Mediterranean estuaries; NEM; nitrogen; phosphate; San Diego Bay

Indexed keywords

AUTOTROPHY; COASTAL LAGOON; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DISSOLVED INORGANIC MATTER; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; HETEROTROPHY; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; METABOLISM; MIXING; NUTRIENT BUDGET; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPATIAL VARIATION; UPWELLING;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; BAJA CALIFORNIA [(STT) MEXICO]; CALIFORNIA; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA; PACIFIC OCEAN; SAN DIEGO BAY; SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA BIGHT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 37749042378     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2007.07.032     Document Type: Article

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