Tidally regulated chemical fluxes across the sediment-water interface in elkhorn slough, california: Evidence from a coupled geochemical and hydrodynamic approach

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1964-1980

  Breier, J A ^a,d   Nidzieko, N ^a,d   Monismith, S ^a   Moore, W ^b   Paytan, A ^c  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITION; DEEP-SEA SEDIMENT; DISSOLVED MATTER; ESTUARINE SEDIMENT; FLOW PATTERN; GEOPHYSICAL SURVEY; MACROPORE; SALTMARSH; SEDIMENT-WATER INTERFACE;

CALIFORNIA; ELKHORN SLOUGH; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 68049146994     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.2009.54.6.1964     Document Type: Article

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