Narragansett Bay hypoxic event characteristics based on fixed-site monitoring network time series: Intermittency, geographic distribution, spatial synchronicity, and interannual variability

Estuaries and Coasts

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 621-641

  Codiga, Daniel L ^a   Stoffel, Heather E ^a   Deacutis, Christopher F ^b   Kiernan, Susan ^c   Oviatt, Candace A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^c Office of Water Resources   (United States)

Author keywords

Hypoxia; Narragansett Bay; Oxygen deficiency; Suboxic; Time series; Water quality

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GROWTH RATE; HYPOXIA; MORTALITY; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT; TIME SERIES; WATER QUALITY;

NARRAGANSETT BAY; NORTH AMERICA; RHODE ISLAND; UNITED STATES;

EID: 67349198876     PISSN: 15592723     EISSN: 15592731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12237-009-9165-9     Document Type: Article

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