Long-term reductions in anthropogenic nutrients link to improvements in Chesapeake Bay habitat

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 107, Issue 38, 2010, Pages 16566-16570

  Ruhl, Henry A ^a   Rybicki, Nancy B ^b  

^a NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecology; Eutrophication; Restoration; Submerged aquatic vegetation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION; EPIPHYTE; EUTROPHICATION; HABITAT QUALITY; PHYTOPLANKTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIVER ECOSYSTEM; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SUBMERGED AQUATIC VEGETATION; VEGETATION; WATER QUALITY; ANALYSIS; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; HISTORY; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PROCEDURES; UNITED STATES; WATER POLLUTION;

FRESH WATER; SEA WATER;

CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FRESH WATER; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; MARYLAND; SEAWATER; VIRGINIA; WATER POLLUTION;

EID: 78049262476     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1003590107     Document Type: Article

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