Nutrient enrichment and depletion on the shoreside of the spring thermal front

Journal of Great Lakes Research

Volumn 38, Issue SUPPL.4, 2012, Pages 72-77

  Makarewicz, Joseph C ^a   Lewis, Theodore W ^a   Boyer, Gregory L ^b  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b 320 Jahn Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

Coastal zone; Lake Ontario; Nearshore zone; Nutrient depletion; Thermal bar

Indexed keywords

BENTHIC ALGAE; BIOLOGICAL MECHANISMS; BIOLOGICAL UPTAKE; LAKE ONTARIO; NEAR-SHORE ZONES; NIAGARA RIVER; NUTRIENT CONCENTRATIONS; NUTRIENT DEPLETION; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENTS; NUTRIENT LEVELS; PHOSPHORUS CONCENTRATION; SUSPENDED SOLIDS; THERMAL BAR; THERMAL FRONTS; TOTAL PHOSPHORUS;

COASTAL ENGINEERING; COASTAL ZONES; LAKES; ORCHARDS; PHOSPHORUS; SILICA; TURBIDITY;

NUTRIENTS;

ALGA; BENTHIC ENVIRONMENT; BIOLOGICAL UPTAKE; COASTAL ZONE; LONGSHORE TRANSPORT; NEARSHORE ENVIRONMENT; NITRATE; NUTRIENT CYCLING; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; PHOSPHORUS; PHYTOPLANKTON; POLYGON; SILICA; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TURBIDITY;

GREAT LAKES [NORTH AMERICA]; LAKE ONTARIO; NIAGARA RIVER;

ALGAE;

EID: 84869103832     PISSN: 03801330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jglr.2011.12.004     Document Type: Article

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