Phosphorus burial in sediments along the salinity gradient of the Patuxent River, a subestuary of the Chesapeake Bay (USA)

Estuaries and Coasts

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 92-106

  Hartzell, Jeanne L ^a   Jordan, Thomas E ^b   Cornwell, Jeffrey C ^c  

^a Smithsonian Environmental Research Center ^*  (United States)

^b SMITHSONIAN ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Chesapeake bay; Citrate dithionite bicarbonate (CDB); Patuxent river; Phosphorus; Sediments

Indexed keywords

BICARBONATE; BURIAL (GEOLOGY); CORE ANALYSIS; ESTUARINE SEDIMENT; EXTRACTION METHOD; LEAD ISOTOPE; LEAD-LEAD DATING; PARTICULATE MATTER; PHOSPHORUS; SALINITY; SEDIMENT ANALYSIS; SEQUESTRATION (CHEMISTRY); WATERSHED;

CHESAPEAKE BAY; MARYLAND; PATUXENT RIVER; UNITED STATES;

EID: 75849151022     PISSN: 15592723     EISSN: 15592731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12237-009-9232-2     Document Type: Article

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