The effects of human activities and extreme meteorological events on sediment nitrogen dynamics in an urban estuary, Escambia Bay, Florida, USA

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 627, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 67-85

  Smith, Kristin A ^a   Caffrey, Jane M ^b  

^a SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WEST FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Benthic flux; Estuary; Nitrification; Nitrogen; Nutrients; PCB

Indexed keywords

BENTHIC FLUX; BOTTOM WATERS; FLORIDA , USA; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; NITRIFYING BACTERIA; NITROGEN DYNAMICS; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; ORGANIC CONTENTS; ORGANIC MATTERS; PCB; PHYTOPLANKTON BLOOMS; POTENTIAL NITRIFICATIONS; SEDIMENT BIOGEOCHEMISTRIES; URBAN ESTUARIES;

ALGAE CONTROL; ANALYTICAL GEOCHEMISTRY; BACTERIA; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CHLOROPHYLL; DENITRIFICATION; DISSOLUTION; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; DYNAMICS; ESTUARIES; NITRIFICATION; NITROGEN; OXIDATION; PHYTOPLANKTON; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; PORPHYRINS; PRINTED CIRCUITS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; STORMS; WATER CONTENT;

NUTRIENTS;

BENTHOS; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; FLUX MEASUREMENT; HUMAN ACTIVITY; HURRICANE DENNIS 2005; HURRICANE IVAN 2004; NITRIFICATION; NITRIFYING BACTERIUM; NITROGEN CYCLE; PCB; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; STORM; URBAN AREA;

ESCAMBIA BAY; FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ALGAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 63949083233     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-009-9716-x     Document Type: Article

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