Composition and fluxes of particulate organic matter in a temperate estuary (Winyah Bay, South Carolina, USA) under contrasting physical forcings

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 85, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 273-291

  Goñi, Miguel A ^a   Voulgaris, George ^b   Kim, Yong H ^c  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE   (United States)

Author keywords

33.35N, 79.15W; estuaries; estuarine fluxes; estuarine turbidity maximum; organic carbon; particulate organic matter; river discharge; South Carolina; USA; Winyah bay, 33.35N, 79.30W

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CURRENT VELOCITY; ESTUARINE CHEMISTRY; ESTUARINE SEDIMENT; HYDROGRAPHY; ORGANIC CARBON; PARTICULATE ORGANIC MATTER; RESUSPENSION; RIVER DISCHARGE; SALINITY; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SUSPENDED LOAD; TIDAL CYCLE; TURBIDITY; WATER COLUMN; WIND VELOCITY;

NORTH AMERICA; SOUTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES; WINYAH BAY;

EID: 70349843248     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2009.08.013     Document Type: Article

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