Shifts in limiting nutrients in an estuary caused by mixing and biological activity

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 989-998

  Lui, Hon Kit ^a   Chen, Chen Tung Arthur ^a  

^a NATIONAL SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEM; MIXING; NONLINEARITY; NUMERICAL MODEL; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; REMINERALIZATION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEAWATER;

EID: 79956368425     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.2011.56.3.0989     Document Type: Article

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