Temperature Control on Soluble Reactive Phosphorus in the Lower Mississippi River?

Estuaries and Coasts

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 78-89

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

Dilution effect; Mississippi River; Particle buffering; Soluble reactive phosphorus; Temperature

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DILUTION; GROWTH RATE; MINERALIZATION; ORGANIC MATTER; PARTICLE SIZE; PHOSPHORITE; PHYTOPLANKTON; SEASONAL VARIATION; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TRIBUTARY; WATER QUALITY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MEXICO; MISSISSIPPI RIVER; UNITED STATES;

EID: 78650693578     PISSN: 15592723     EISSN: 15592731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12237-010-9284-3     Document Type: Article

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