Increased terrestrial to ocean sediment and carbon fluxes in the northern Chesapeake Bay associated with twentieth century land alteration

Estuaries and Coasts

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 492-500

  Saenger, Casey ^a   Cronin, Thomas M ^b   Willard, Debra ^b   Halka, Jeffrey ^c   Kerhin, Randy ^c  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c Maryland Geological Survey   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon cycle; Carbon flux; Chesapeake Bay; Estuary; Land use; Sediment flux

Indexed keywords

BURIAL (GEOLOGY); CARBON FLUX; EROSION; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; HUMAN ACTIVITY; MARINE SEDIMENT; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON; TWENTIETH CENTURY; WEED;

CHESAPEAKE BAY; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

AMBROSIA;

EID: 45849126111     PISSN: 15592723     EISSN: 15592731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12237-008-9048-5     Document Type: Article

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