Historical eutrophication in the Changjiang and Mississippi delta-front estuaries: Stable sedimentary chloropigments as biomarkers

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 47, Issue , 2012, Pages 133-144

  Zhao, Jun ^a,b,e   Bianchi, Thomas S ^b   Li, Xinxin ^b,c   Allison, Mead A ^d   Yao, Peng ^a,c   Yu, Zhigang ^a,c  

^a OCEAN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Ocean University of China   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^e Ministry of Natural Resources of the People's Republic of China   (China)

Author keywords

Biomarkers; Changjiang river; Eutrophication; Large river delta front estuary; Mississippi river; Sedimentary chloropigments

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIOMARKER; CARBON ISOTOPE; CONTINENTAL SHELF; DISSOLVED INORGANIC NITROGEN; ESTUARINE FRONT; EUTROPHICATION; FAN DELTA; GEOCHEMICAL METHOD; HISTORICAL RECORD; MANURE; NITRATE; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PHYTOPLANKTON; PIGMENT; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON; WATERSHED;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; CHINA; EAST CHINA SEA; GULF OF MEXICO; LOUISIANA; MISSISSIPPI CANYON; MISSISSIPPI DELTA; PACIFIC OCEAN; UNITED STATES; YANGTZE DELTA;

EID: 84867139872     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2012.07.005     Document Type: Article

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