Nutrient inputs to the coastal ocean from submarine groundwater discharge in a groundwater-dominated system: Relation to land use (Kona coast, Hawaii, U.S.A.)

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 1105-1122

  Knee, Karen L ^a,b   Street, Joseph H ^a,b   Grossman, Eric E ^c   Boehm, Alexandria B ^d   Paytan, Adina ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^d Stanford University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONE; DISCHARGE; GROUNDWATER-SEAWATER INTERACTION; LAND USE; MASS BALANCE; NUTRIENT CYCLING; RADIUM ISOTOPE;

HAWAII [(ISL) HAWAIIAN ISLANDS]; HAWAII [UNITED STATES]; HAWAIIAN ISLANDS; KONA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77955568843     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.2010.55.3.1105     Document Type: Article

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