Submarine discharge of nutrient-enriched fresh groundwater at Stinson Beach, California is enhanced during neap tides

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1434-1445

  De Sieyes, Nicholas R ^a   Yamahara, Kevan M ^a   Layton, Blythe A ^a   Joyce, Elizabeth H ^a   Boehm, Alexandria B ^a  

^a Stanford University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DISCHARGE; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER FLOW; MASS BALANCE; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; RESIDENTIAL LOCATION; SALINE INTRUSION;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; STINSON BEACH; UNITED STATES;

EID: 47349106296     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.2008.53.4.1434     Document Type: Article

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