Variation of nutrients in response to the highly dynamic suspended particulate matter in the Changjiang (Yangtze River) plume

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 28, Issue 17, 2008, Pages 2393-2403

  Gao, Lei ^a,b   Li, Dao Ji ^a   Ding, Ping Xing ^a  

^a EAST CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Tongji University   (China)

Author keywords

Changjiang Estuary; Nutrients; Partial correlation analysis; Resuspension; Semidiurnal tides; Suspended particulate matter

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; NUTRIENT; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; REGRESSION; RESUSPENSION; RIVER PLUME; SEMIDIURNAL TIDE; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; TIDAL CYCLE;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; YANGTZE ESTUARY;

EID: 51249089034     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2008.05.004     Document Type: Article

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