Shifts in the relative availability of phosphorus and nitrogen along estuarine salinity gradients

Biogeochemistry

Volumn 107, Issue 1-3, 2012, Pages 489-500

  Hartzell, Jeanne L ^a   Jordan, Thomas E ^b  

^a Smithsonian Environmental Research Center ^*  (United States)

^b SMITHSONIAN ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Estuaries; Iron; Nitrogen; Phosphorus; Pore water; Salinity

Indexed keywords

ESTUARINE SEDIMENT; IRON; LAND COVER; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; NUTRIENT CYCLING; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; PHOSPHORUS; PHYTOPLANKTON; POREWATER; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; REDFIELD RATIO; SALINITY; SEA SALT; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY;

CHESAPEAKE BAY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 83555179252     PISSN: 01682563     EISSN: 1573515X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10533-010-9548-9     Document Type: Article

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