Tidal pumping drives nutrient and dissolved organic matter dynamics in a Gulf of Mexico subterranean estuary

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 73, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1325-1339

  Santos, Isaac R ^a   Burnett, William C ^a   Dittmar, Thorsten ^a   Suryaputra, I G N A ^a   Chanton, Jeffrey ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DENITRIFICATION; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; DISSOLVED ORGANIC NITROGEN; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; NUTRIENT CYCLING; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; OCEAN TIDE; OXYGEN; PUMPING; REMINERALIZATION; SUBTERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MEXICO;

EID: 59649090992     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2008.11.029     Document Type: Article

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