Regional-scale nitrogen and phosphorus budgets for the northern (14°S) and central (17°S) Great Barrier Reef shelf ecosystem

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 31, Issue 19-20, 2011, Pages 1967-1990

  Furnas, M ^a   Alongi, D ^a   McKinnon, D ^a   Trott, L ^a   Skuza, M ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Budget; Denitrification; Great Barrier Reef; Nitrogen; Nutrient cycling; Phosphorus

Indexed keywords

DETRITUS; HUMID TROPICS; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT BUDGET; PHOSPHORUS; RAINFALL; RESUSPENSION; RUNOFF; SEDIMENTATION; SHELF BREAK; SHELF SEDIMENT; UPWELLING; WATER COLUMN; WATERSHED;

AUSTRALIA; CORAL SEA; GREAT BARRIER REEF; PACIFIC OCEAN; QUEENSLAND;

EID: 81855170050     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2011.09.007     Document Type: Article

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