Effects of nutrient enrichment in the nation's estuaries: A decade of change

Harmful Algae

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 21-32

  Bricker, S B ^a   Longstaff, B ^b   Dennison, W ^b   Jones, A ^b   Boicourt, K ^b   Wicks, C ^b   Woerner, J ^b  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE   (United States)

Author keywords

Algae; Dissolved oxygen; Eutrophication; HABs; Nitrogen; Nutrients; Submerged aquatic vegetation

Indexed keywords

ALGAE;

EID: 55749103033     PISSN: 15689883     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hal.2008.08.028     Document Type: Article

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