The effects of varying salinity on ammonium exchange in estuarine sediments of the Parker River, Massachusetts

Estuaries and Coasts

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 985-1003

  Weston, Nathaniel B ^a   Giblin, Anne E ^b   Banta, Gary T ^c   Hopkinson, Charles S ^d   Tucker, Jane ^b  

^a VILLANOVA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ECOSYSTEMS CENTER   (United States)

^c ROSKILDE UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adsorption; Ammonium; Estuary; Parker River estuary; Salinity; Sediments

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; CHLORIDE; DESORPTION; ESTUARINE SEDIMENT; MINERALIZATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; ORGANIC NITROGEN; POREWATER; SALINITY; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SEDIMENT-WATER INTERFACE;

MASSACHUSETTS; PARKER ESTUARY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77953535429     PISSN: 15592723     EISSN: 15592731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12237-010-9282-5     Document Type: Article

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