Estimates of New and Total Productivity in Central Long Island Sound from In Situ Measurements of Nitrate and Dissolved Oxygen

Estuaries and Coasts

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 74-97

  Collins, James R ^a,b   Raymond, Peter A ^a   Bohlen, W Frank ^c   Howard Strobel, Mary M ^c  

^a Yale School of the Environment   (United States)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Dissolved oxygen; Eutrophication; f ratio; In situ measurements; Long Island Sound; Net ecosystem metabolism; New production; Nitrate; Nitrogen; Wind forcing; Wind stress

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; AUTOTROPHY; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DISSOLVED OXYGEN; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; ESTIMATION METHOD; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; EUTROPHICATION; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; METABOLISM; MOORING SYSTEM; NITRATE; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; RADIATION BALANCE; REFLECTANCE; RESPIRATION; TIDAL CYCLE; TIMESCALE;

LONG ISLAND SOUND; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84871441467     PISSN: 15592723     EISSN: 15592731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12237-012-9560-5     Document Type: Article

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