Inter-annual variability of hypoxic conditions in a shallow estuary

Journal of Marine Systems

Volumn 73, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 169-184

  Lin, Jing ^a,b   Xu, Hongzhou ^a,c,d   Cudaback, Cynthia ^a   Wang, Dongxiao ^c  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EAST CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c SOUTH CHINA SEA INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Dissolved oxygen; Estuary; Hypoxia; Inter annual variability; Pamlico River

Indexed keywords

BOTTOM WATER (BW); DISSOLVED OXYGEN (DO); EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY; HYPOXIC CONDITIONS; INTERANNUAL VARIABILITY (IAV); MONITORING PROGRAMS; NUTRIENT CONCENTRATIONS; RIVER ESTUARY; SHALLOW ESTUARY; U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY (USGS); WATER QUALITY DATA;

ANNUAL VARIATION; CHLOROPHYLL A; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; ESTUARINE POLLUTION; HYPOXIA; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTION MONITORING; SALINITY; WATER QUALITY;

NORTH AMERICA; NORTH CAROLINA; PAMLICO ESTUARY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 48349098695     PISSN: 09247963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmarsys.2007.10.011     Document Type: Article

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