Responses of benthic-pelagic coupling to climate change in a temperate estuary

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 629, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 147-156

  Fulweiler, Robinson W ^a   Nixon, Scott W ^b  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Benthic pelagic coupling; Climate change; Denitrification; Nutrient regeneration; Oligotrophication; Phenology

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL MEAN; BENTHIC-PELAGIC COUPLING; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; COASTAL MARINE SYSTEMS; DATA SETS; EAST COAST; ECOLOGICAL CHANGES; NITROGEN REDUCTION; OLIGOTROPHICATION; OVERLYING WATER; PHENOLOGY; SEDIMENT OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; SPRING BLOOMS; WATER TEMPERATURES;

AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BLOOMS (METAL); CHLOROPHYLL; DENITRIFICATION; ECOLOGY; NUTRIENTS; OXYGEN; PORPHYRINS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEDIMENTS; SEWAGE; SEWAGE TREATMENT; SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

BENTHIC-PELAGIC COUPLING; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; COMMUNITY RESPONSE; DENITRIFICATION; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; FLUX MEASUREMENT; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT;

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

EID: 67349273642     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-009-9766-0     Document Type: Article

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