Anomalous Biogeochemical Response to a Flooding Event in the Delaware Estuary: A Possible Typology Shift Due to Climate Change

Estuaries and Coasts

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 943-958

  Voynova, Yoana G ^a   Sharp, Jonathan H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Altered hydrology; Extreme floods; Oxygen depletion; Stratification

Indexed keywords

ALGAL BLOOM; BOTTOM WATER; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT; FLOODING; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; OXYGEN; PREDICTION; RIVER DISCHARGE; SATELLITE DATA; STRATIFICATION; TYPOLOGY; VULNERABILITY;

DELAWARE ESTUARY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84861889007     PISSN: 15592723     EISSN: 15592731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12237-012-9490-2     Document Type: Article

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