Increased eutrophication offshore Hong Kong, China during the past 75 years: Evidence from high-resolution sedimentary records

Marine Chemistry

Volumn 110, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 7-17

  Hu, Jianfang ^a,b   Zhang, Gan ^a   Li, Kechang ^a   Peng, Ping'an ^a   Chivas, Allan R ^b  

^a GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

Biogenic silica; Coastal waters; Eutrophication; High resolution; Lipids; Organic matter; South China Sea

Indexed keywords

COASTAL WATER; DIATOM; DINOFLAGELLATE; EUTROPHICATION; LIPID; NITROGEN; PHYTOPLANKTON; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SEDIMENT CORE; SILICA; STABLE ISOTOPE; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HONG KONG;

ALGAE; BACILLARIOPHYTA; DINOPHYCEAE;

EID: 43049178347     PISSN: 03044203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marchem.2008.02.001     Document Type: Article

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