Assessment of nitrogen loading from the Kiso-Sansen Rivers into Ise Bay using stable isotopes

Journal of Oceanography

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 231-240

  Sugimoto, Ryo ^a,c   Kasai, Akihide ^a   Fujita, Kouichi ^b   Sakaguchi, Kenichi ^b   Mizuno, Tomomi ^b  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Mie Prefecture Fisheries Research Institute   (Japan)

^c FUKUI PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Eutrophication; Ise Bay; Nitrogen loading; Nitrogen stable isotope

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EUTROPHICATION; ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATION; MIXING; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; PARTICULATE ORGANIC NITROGEN; PHYTOPLANKTON; RIVER DISCHARGE; STABLE ISOTOPE;

CHUBU; HONSHU; ISE BAY; JAPAN; KISO RIVER;

EID: 79955854185     PISSN: 09168370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10872-011-0022-7     Document Type: Article

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