Multiple trophic levels fueled by recirculation in the Columbia River plume

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 37, Issue 18, 2010, Pages

  Kudela, Raphael M ^a   Horner Devine, Alexander R ^b   Banas, Neil S ^c   Hickey, Barbara M ^c   Peterson, Tawnya D ^d   McCabe, Ryan M ^c   Lessard, Evelyn J ^c   Frame, Elizabeth ^e   Bruland, Kenneth W ^a   Jay, David A ^f   Peterson, Jay O ^g   Peterson, William T ^e   Kosro, P Michael ^g   Palacios, Sherry L ^a   Lohan, Maeve C ^h   Dever, Edward P ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b University of Washington   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e NORTHWEST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^f Portland State University   (United States)

^g OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL WATER TREATMENT; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS);

COASTAL OCEAN; COLUMBIA RIVER PLUME; GATEWAY SYSTEM; LARGE RIVERS; MULTIPLE TROPHIC LEVELS; NITRATE SOURCES; RECIRCULATIONS; RIVER WATER; TROPHIC LEVEL;

RIVERS;

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; BIOREACTOR; BUFFER ZONE; COASTAL ZONE; GLOBAL WARMING; MARINE POLLUTION; NITRATE; RIVER PLUME; RIVER WATER; SURFACE WATER; TROPHIC LEVEL;

COLUMBIA RIVER;

EID: 77957697393     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010GL044342     Document Type: Article

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