Hurricane Katrina induced nutrient runoff from an agricultural area to coastal waters in Biscayne Bay, Florida

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 84, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 209-218

  Zhang, Jia Zhong ^a   Kelble, Christopher R ^a,b   Fischer, Charles J ^a   Moore, Lloyd ^a  

^a ATLANTIC OCEANOGRAPHIC AND METEOROLOGICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

agriculture; Biscayne Bay; fertilizer; Florida; hurricane; nitrogen; nutrient; phosphorus; runoff; silicon

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL RUNOFF; BAY; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; HURRICANE KATRINA 2005; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; NITRATE; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; NUTRIENT LOSS; PHOSPHATE; PRECIPITATION QUALITY; SILICON; SURVEYING; WATER QUALITY;

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

EID: 68049111381     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2009.06.026     Document Type: Article

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