Effects of tributary inputs on nutrient export from the Mississippi and Atchafalaya Rivers to the Gulf of Mexico

Marine and Freshwater Research

Volumn 61, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1029-1038

  Duan, Shuiwang ^a,c   Bianchi, Thomas S ^b   Santschi, Peter H ^a,b   Amon, Rainer M W ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY AT GALVESTON   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

Author keywords

in channel processes; Mississippi River; nutrients; seasonal changes; tributaries

Indexed keywords

DISSOLVED INORGANIC MATTER; DISSOLVED ORGANIC NITROGEN; DISSOLVED ORGANIC PHOSPHORUS; FRESHWATER INPUT; MASS BALANCE; MIXING; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT BUDGET; PARTICULATE FLUX; PHOSPHORUS; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT; TRIBUTARY;

ATCHAFALAYA RIVER; ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MEXICO; LOUISIANA; MISSISSIPPI RIVER; MISSOURI RIVER; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77957201130     PISSN: 13231650     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/MF09235     Document Type: Article

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