Wetland-driven shifts in suspended particulate organic matter composition of the Hudson River estuary, New York

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1653-1667

  Hunsinger, Glendon B ^a,c   Mitra, Siddhartha ^a,d   Findlay, Stuart E G ^b   Fischer, David T ^b  

^a BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CARY INSTITUTE OF ECOSYSTEM STUDIES   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^d EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON BUDGET; CARBON ISOTOPE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; ESTUARINE CHEMISTRY; NITROGEN; PARTICULATE ORGANIC MATTER; PHENOL; SEASONAL VARIATION; STABLE ISOTOPE; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; TIDAL CYCLE; WETLAND;

HUDSON ESTUARY; NEW YORK [NEW YORK (STT)]; NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77955597412     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.2010.55.4.1653     Document Type: Article

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