Nitrogen loading to Great South Bay: Land use, sources, retention, and transport from land to bay

Journal of Coastal Research

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 672-686

  Kinney, Erin L ^a   Valiela, Ivan ^a  

^a ECOSYSTEMS CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; EUTROPHICATION; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; HUMAN ACTIVITY; LAND COVER; LAND USE CHANGE; LAND-SEA INTERACTION; NITROGEN CYCLE; RETENTION; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; VEGETATION STRUCTURE; WASTEWATER; WATER QUALITY;

GREAT SOUTH BAY; LONG ISLAND [NEW YORK]; NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79960277953     PISSN: 07490208     EISSN: 15515036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2112/JCOASTRES-D-09-00098.1     Document Type: Article

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