Estuarine phytoplankton responses to hurricanes and tropical storms with different characteristics (trajectory, rainfall, winds)

Estuaries and Coasts

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 419-429

  Wetz, Michael S ^a,b   Paerl, Hans W ^b  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Estuary; Freshwater input; Mixing; Nutrients; Phytoplankton; Storms

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CHLOROPHYLL A; COMMUNITY RESPONSE; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEM; EUPHOTIC ZONE; HURRICANE EVENT; HURRICANE ISABEL 2003; MIXING; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; PHYTOPLANKTON; WATER COLUMN;

NORTH AMERICA; NORTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 46249112429     PISSN: 15592723     EISSN: 15592731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12237-008-9034-y     Document Type: Article

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