Porewater advection of ammonium into the Neuse River Estuary, North Carolina, USA

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 95, Issue 2-3, 2011, Pages 314-325

  Null, Kimberly A ^a   Corbett, D Reide ^b   DeMaster, David J ^a   Burkholder, JoAnn M ^a   Thomas, Carrie J ^a   Reed, Robert E ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ammonium; Estuaries; Nutrient loading; Nutrients; Radon; Submarine groundwater discharge

Indexed keywords

ADVECTION; AMMONIUM; ANNUAL CYCLE; DISCHARGE; ESTUARINE SEDIMENT; EUTROPHICATION; GROUNDWATER FLOW; GROWTH; NEARSHORE ENVIRONMENT; NUTRIENT CYCLING; PHYTOPLANKTON; PIEZOMETER; POREWATER; RADON ISOTOPE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEEPAGE; SHALLOW WATER; SURFACE WATER; TRACER; UNDERWATER ENVIRONMENT; WATER COLUMN;

NEUSE ESTUARY; NORTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 81555213570     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2011.09.016     Document Type: Article

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