Relative importance of pelagic and sediment respiration in causing hypoxia in a deep estuary

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 117, Issue 8, 2012, Pages

  Bourgault, D ^a   Cyr, F ^a   Galbraith, P S ^b   Pelletier, E ^a  

^a INSTITUT DES SCIENCES DE LA MER DE RIMOUSKI   (Canada)

^b MAURICE LAMONTAGNE INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTUARIES; OXYGENATION; OXYGENATORS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEDIMENTS;

BENTHIC OXYGEN DEMAND; BOTTOM BOUNDARY LAYER; BOTTOM LAYERS; BOTTOM WATER; DIRECT MEASUREMENT; LAWRENCE ESTUARIES; MODEL RESULTS; OXYGEN CONCENTRATIONS; OXYGEN DEPLETION; OXYGEN PROFILES; SEDIMENT OXYGEN DEMAND; TURBULENCE DIFFUSIVITY; TURBULENCE MEASUREMENTS; TURBULENT DIFFUSIVITIES;

OXYGEN;

BOTTOM WATER; DIFFUSIVITY; HYPOXIA; OXYGEN; OXYGENATION; PARAMETERIZATION; PELAGIC ECOSYSTEM; RESPIRATION; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; TURBULENCE;

CANADA; QUEBEC [CANADA]; SAINT LAWRENCE ESTUARY;

EID: 84865764417     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012JC007902     Document Type: Article

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