Some challenges of an "upside down" nitrogen budget - Science and management in Greenwich Bay, RI (USA)

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 672-680

  DiMilla, Peter A ^a   Nixon, Scott W ^a   Oczkowski, Autumn J ^b   Altabet, Mark A ^c   McKinney, Richard A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^b U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS DARTMOUTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Eutrophication; Greenwich Bay; Mass balance; Narragansett Bay; Nitrogen; Stable isotope

Indexed keywords

COASTAL WATER BODIES; EFFECTIVE MANAGEMENT; ESTUARINE WATERS; GREENWICH BAY; MASS BALANCE; NARRAGANSETT BAY; NITROGEN BUDGETS; PRIMARY PRODUCERS; STABLE ISOTOPE; STABLE ISOTOPES;

ESTUARIES; EUTROPHICATION; ISOTOPES; LANDFORMS; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHEDS;

NITROGEN;

NITRATE; NITRITE; NITROGEN 15;

EMISSION INVENTORY; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ESTUARINE CHEMISTRY; EUTROPHICATION; MASS BALANCE; NITROGEN CYCLE; NUTRIENT BUDGET; POLLUTANT SOURCE; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; STABLE ISOTOPE; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHED;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; COASTAL WATERS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTUARY; EUTROPHICATION; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; ISOTOPE ANALYSIS; SURFACE WATER HYDROLOGY; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHED MANAGEMENT;

AMMONIA; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EUTROPHICATION; NITROGEN; NITROGEN CYCLE; RHODE ISLAND; SEAWATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER POLLUTION, CHEMICAL;

GREENWICH BAY; NARRAGANSETT BAY; RHODE ISLAND; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79954615797     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2011.01.031     Document Type: Article

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