Seasonally-resolved nutrient export fluxes and filtering capacities in a macrotidal estuary

Journal of Marine Systems

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 42-58

  Arndt, Sandra ^a   Regnier, Pierre ^a,b   Vanderborght, Jean Pierre ^b  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Filtering capacity; Land ocean continuum; Nitrogen silica budget; Nutrient export flux; Reactive transport model; Scheldt estuary

Indexed keywords

FILTERING CAPACITY; LAND-OCEAN CONTINUUM; NITROGEN/SILICA BUDGET; NUTRIENT EXPORT FLUX; REACTIVE-TRANSPORT MODEL; SCHELDT ESTUARY;

BUDGET CONTROL; COASTAL ENGINEERING; COASTAL ZONES; DISSOLUTION; ESTUARIES; NITROGEN; OCEANOGRAPHY; PHYTOPLANKTON; SILICA;

NUTRIENTS;

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; COASTAL ZONE; ESTUARY; FLUX MEASUREMENT; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; PERTURBATION; RETENTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SILICA; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TRANSFORMATION; TWO-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

EURASIA; EUROPE; WESTERN EUROPE; WESTERSCHELDE;

EID: 67650218763     PISSN: 09247963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmarsys.2009.02.008     Document Type: Article

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