Nitrogen isotopic records of terrestrial pollution encoded in floridian and bahamian gorgonian corals

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 874-880

  Sherwood, Owen A ^a   Lapointe, Brian E ^b   Risk, Michael J ^c   Jamieson, Robyn E ^d  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^b FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d FISHERIES AND OCEANS CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITIONS; BAHAMAS; COASTAL MARINE ENVIRONMENT; CORAL REEF; DISSOLVED INORGANIC NITROGENS; FLORIDA; ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATIONS; LONG-TERM TREND; MACRO-ALGAE; MULTIPLE SOURCE; NITROGEN CYCLING; NITROGEN ISOTOPIC; NITROGEN SOURCES; PRIMARY PRODUCERS; SEWAGE CONTAMINATION; SPATIOTEMPORAL PATTERNS; STABLE NITROGEN ISOTOPE; TIME PERIODS; WASTEWATER DISCHARGE;

AIR POLLUTION; DISSOLUTION; ISOTOPES; METEOROLOGICAL PROBLEMS; NITROGEN; REEFS; SEWAGE; WASTEWATER;

NITROGEN FIXATION;

NITROGEN;

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; CORAL REEF; DISSOLVED INORGANIC NITROGEN; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL INDICATOR; ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATION; MARINE POLLUTION; NITROGEN CYCLE; NITROGEN FIXATION; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; SEWAGE; STABLE ISOTOPE;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; BAHAMAS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORAL; NONHUMAN; SOIL POLLUTION; UNITED STATES; WASTE WATER;

ANIMALS; ANTHOZOA; BAHAMAS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; FLORIDA; NITROGEN; WATER POLLUTION, CHEMICAL;

BAHAMAS; FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; GREEN TURTLE CAY; UNITED STATES;

ANTHOZOA; GORGONACEA; GORGONIA; TESTUDINES;

EID: 75749153290     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es9018404     Document Type: Article

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