Sediment and Lower Water Column Oxygen Consumption in the Seasonally Hypoxic Region of the Louisiana Continental Shelf

Estuaries and Coasts

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 912-924

  Murrell, Michael C ^a   Lehrter, John C ^a  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Gulf of Mexico; Hypoxia; Plankton community respiration; Sediment oxygen consumption

Indexed keywords

BOTTOM WATER; CONTINENTAL SHELF; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PARAMETERIZATION; PLANKTON; PYCNOCLINE; RESPIRATION; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SHELF SEDIMENT; WATER COLUMN;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MEXICO; LOUISIANA SHELF;

EID: 79960842251     PISSN: 15592723     EISSN: 15592731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12237-010-9351-9     Document Type: Article

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