Perspectives on long-term variations in hypoxic conditions in western Long Island Sound

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 113, Issue 12, 2008, Pages

  Wilson, Robert E ^a   Swanson, R Lawrence ^a   Crowley, Heather A ^b  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MINERALS MANAGEMENT SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); DISSOLVED OXYGEN; OCEANOGRAPHY; THERMAL STRATIFICATION; VENTILATION;

ANNUAL VARIATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; LONG-TERM CHANGE; PHYSICAL OCEANOGRAPHY; SEWAGE; STRATIFICATION; VERTICAL MIXING;

LONG ISLAND SOUND; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 61849119670     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007JC004693     Document Type: Article

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