Atmospheric fluxes of nutrients onto Singapore strait

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 59, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 2287-2295

  Sundarambal, P ^a   Balasubramanian, R ^a   Tkalich, P ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Atmospheric deposition; Coastal waters; Eutrophication; Nutrient fluxes; Singapore strait; Tropical environment; Wet and dry deposition

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITIONS; COASTAL WATERS; NUTRIENT FLUXES; SINGAPORE; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENTS; WET AND DRY;

AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERICS; DEFORESTATION; DEPOSITION; ECOSYSTEMS; EUTROPHICATION; METEOROLOGICAL PROBLEMS; OCEANOGRAPHY; PHOSPHORUS; TROPICS;

NUTRIENTS;

AMMONIA; NITRATE; NITRITE; NITROGEN; PHOSPHATE; PHOSPHORUS; RAIN;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BASELINE SURVEY; COASTAL WATER; DATA SET; EUTROPHICATION; FALLOUT; FOREST FIRE; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT CYCLING; PARTICULATE MATTER; PHOSPHATE; PHOSPHORUS; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEM; TROPICAL FOREST;

AIRBORNE PARTICLE; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; COASTAL WATERS; DRY DEPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; MACRONUTRIENT; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRECIPITATION; SINGAPORE; WET DEPOSITION; AEROSOL; ATMOSPHERE; CHEMISTRY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; INFORMATION PROCESSING; METHODOLOGY; STATISTICS; TROPIC CLIMATE;

AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; COASTS; DEFORESTATION; DEPOSITION; ECOSYSTEMS; EUTROPHICATION; METEOROLOGY; NUTRIENTS; OCEANOGRAPHY; PHOSPHORUS; TROPICAL ATMOSPHERES; TROPICS;

STRAIT OF SINGAPORE;

AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERE; DATA COLLECTION; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; NITROGEN; PARTICULATE MATTER; PHOSPHORUS; RAIN; SINGAPORE; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

EID: 69249212552     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2009.262     Document Type: Article

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