Hydrological Conditions Control P Loading and Aquatic Metabolism in an Oligotrophic, Subtropical Estuary

Estuaries and Coasts

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 292-307

  Koch, Gregory R ^a   Childers, Daniel L ^b   Staehr, Peter A ^c   Price, René M ^a   Davis, Stephen E ^d   Gaiser, Evelyn E ^a  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

^d Everglades Foundation   (United States)

Author keywords

Estuary; Everglades; Hydrology; Metabolism; Phosphorus

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEM DYNAMICS; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; FRESHWATER INPUT; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HYDROGEOCHEMISTRY; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; METABOLISM; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTION; OLIGOTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; PHOSPHORUS; RESPIRATION; SALINITY; SUBTROPICAL REGION; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY;

EVERGLADES; FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84855234270     PISSN: 15592723     EISSN: 15592731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12237-011-9431-5     Document Type: Article

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