Human impacts in an urban port: The carbonate budget, Otago Harbour, New Zealand

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 90, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 73-79

  Smith, Abigail M ^a   Wood, Anna C L ^a   Liddy, Michelle F A ^a   Shears, Amy E ^a   Fraser, Ceridwen I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Carbonate budget; Carbonate production; Dissolution; Dredging; Otago Harbour

Indexed keywords

AIR-WATER INTERACTION; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CALCIUM CARBONATE; CARBON BUDGET; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CARBONATE SYSTEM; DISSOLUTION; DREDGING; HARBOR; LAND RECLAMATION; PORT DEVELOPMENT; SEDIMENT BUDGET; SEDIMENT-WATER INTERFACE; SHORELINE CHANGE; TIDAL INLET; URBAN DEVELOPMENT;

NEW ZEALAND; OTAGO; OTAGO HARBOR; SOUTH ISLAND;

EID: 77957754149     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2010.07.004     Document Type: Article

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