The Arctic Ocean Estuary

Estuaries and Coasts

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 353-368

  McClelland, James W ^a   Holmes, R M ^b   Dunton, K H ^a   Macdonald, R W ^c  

^a The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

^b WOODS HOLE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE OF OCEAN SCIENCES   (Canada)

Author keywords

Arctic; DOC; DON; Estuary; Ice; Inorganic nutrients; Nitrate; Ocean; Organic matter; Phosphate; Productivity; River; Silica; Watershed

Indexed keywords

CARBON; DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; NEARSHORE DYNAMICS; NITRATE; NUMERICAL MODEL; NUTRIENT CYCLING; PHOSPHATE; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; RIVER DISCHARGE; RIVER FLOW; SALINITY; SEA ICE; SILICA; THAWING; WATERSHED;

ARCTIC OCEAN;

EID: 84857654626     PISSN: 15592723     EISSN: 15592731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12237-010-9357-3     Document Type: Review

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