Relative role of wind forcing and riverine nutrient input on the extent of hypoxia in the northern Gulf of Mexico

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 39, Issue 9, 2012, Pages

  Feng, Y ^a   Dimarco, S F ^b   Jackson, G A ^b  

^a VIRGINIA INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LOADING;

LARGE SHIFTS; MISSISSIPPI RIVER; MULTI-LINEAR REGRESSION; NITRATE LOADINGS; NORTHERN GULF OF MEXICO; NUTRIENT ADDITION; RIVER PLUME; STATISTICAL RELATIONS; STATISTICAL RELATIONSHIP; TIME-PERIODS; WIND FORCING;

NUTRIENTS;

DISSOLVED OXYGEN; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; FRESHWATER INPUT; HURRICANE; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RIVER PLUME; SEASONAL VARIATION; STRATIFICATION; WIND FORCING; WIND PROFILE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MEXICO;

EID: 84862087444     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012GL051192     Document Type: Article

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