Transparent exopolymer particles (TEP) in a river-dominated estuary: Spatial-temporal distributions and an assessment of controls upon TEP formation

Estuaries and Coasts

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 447-455

  Wetz, Michael S ^a,b   Robbins, Meredith C ^a   Paerl, Hans W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Estuary; Phytoplankton; Salinity; Transparent exopolymer particles

Indexed keywords

CATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DROUGHT; ESTUARY; MIXING; ORGANIC CARBON; PH; PHYTOPLANKTON; RIVER FLOW; SALINITY; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

NEUSE ESTUARY; NORTH AMERICA; NORTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES;

ALGAE;

EID: 65049086028     PISSN: 15592723     EISSN: 15592731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12237-009-9143-2     Document Type: Article

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