Acidification of subsurface coastal waters enhanced by eutrophication

Nature Geoscience

Volumn 4, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 766-770

  Cai, Wei Jun ^a   Hu, Xinping ^a   Huang, Wei Jen ^a   Murrell, Michael C ^b   Lehrter, John C ^b   Lohrenz, Steven E ^c   Chou, Wen Chen ^d   Zhai, Weidong ^e   Hollibaugh, James T ^a   Wang, Yongchen ^a   Zhao, Pingsan ^a   Guo, Xianghui ^a,e   Gundersen, Kjell ^f   Dai, Minhan ^e   Gong, Gwo Ching ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS DARTMOUTH   (United States)

^d NATIONAL TAIWAN OCEAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^e XIAMEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACIDIFICATION; AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ALGA; CARBON DIOXIDE; COASTAL WATER; DATA SET; EUTROPHICATION; HUMAN ACTIVITY; MARINE POLLUTION; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; NUMERICAL MODEL; ORGANIC MATTER; OXYGEN; PH; SUBSURFACE FLOW;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MEXICO;

ALGAE;

EID: 80455129304     PISSN: 17520894     EISSN: 17520908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ngeo1297     Document Type: Article

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