Speciation and transformation of phosphorus and its mixing behavior in the Bay of St. Louis estuary in the northern Gulf of Mexico

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 87, Issue , 2012, Pages 283-298

  Lin, Peng ^a,b   Chen, Min ^a   Guo, Laodong ^b  

^a XIAMEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; DESORPTION; DISSOLVED ORGANIC PHOSPHORUS; INORGANIC PHOSPHORUS; ORGANIC PHOSPHORUS; RIVER WATER; SALINITY; SEAWATER; SPECIATION (CHEMISTRY); TRANSFORMATION; ULTRAFILTRATION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MEXICO; MISSISSIPPI; SAINT LOUIS BAY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84861196872     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2012.03.040     Document Type: Article

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