Seasonal dynamics and conservative mixing of dissolved organic matter in the temperate eutrophic estuary Horsens Fjord

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 92, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 376-388

  Markager, Stiig ^a   Stedmon, Colin A ^a   Søndergaard, Morten ^b  

^a NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

09 54 50" E; 55 51 10" N; Conservative mixing; Denmark; Dissolved organic matter; DON; DOP; Fluorescence; Horsens Fjord; Nutrient loadings; PARAFAC

Indexed keywords

AUTOCHTHON; CATCHMENT; DISSOLVED ORGANIC NITROGEN; DISSOLVED ORGANIC PHOSPHORUS; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; EUTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; FJORD; FLUORESCENCE; MIXING; NUTRIENT; SEASONAL VARIATION; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT;

DENMARK; HORSENS FJORD;

EID: 79955477418     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2011.01.014     Document Type: Article

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