Internal loading of phosphorus from sediments of Lake Pontchartrain (Louisiana, USA) with implications for eutrophication

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 684, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 69-82

  Roy, Eric D ^a   Nguyen, Nhan T ^a   Bargu, Sibel ^a   White, John R ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bonnet Carr Spillway; Diffusion; Estuary; Harmful algal blooms; Internal nutrient load; Nutrient flux

Indexed keywords

ALGA; ALGAL BLOOM; BIOAVAILABILITY; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DIFFUSION; EPISODIC EVENT; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; EUTROPHICATION; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; PHOSPHORUS; PHYTOPLANKTON; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SEDIMENT-WATER INTERFACE; TOXIC ORGANISM; WATER COLUMN;

LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN; LOUISIANA; MISSISSIPPI RIVER; UNITED STATES;

ALGAE;

EID: 84856735009     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-011-0969-9     Document Type: Article

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