Estimation of groundwater and nutrient fluxes to the Neuse River estuary, North Carolina

Estuaries and Coasts

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 501-520

  Spruill, Timothy B ^a   Bratton, John F ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Estuaries; Eutrophication; Groundwater; Groundwater flux; Nitrogen; Nutrient loading; Nutrients; Phosphorus; Seepage meter; Water budget

Indexed keywords

AQUIFER CHARACTERIZATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DARCY LAW; EUTROPHICATION; GROUNDWATER FLOW; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT CYCLING; PHOSPHORUS; PHYTOPLANKTON; SEEPAGE; SHORELINE; SUBMERGED VEGETATION; WATER BUDGET;

NEUSE ESTUARY; NORTH AMERICA; NORTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES;

ALGAE;

EID: 45849127969     PISSN: 15592723     EISSN: 15592731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12237-008-9040-0     Document Type: Article

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