Nutrient gradients in Panamanian estuaries: Effects of watershed deforestation, rainfall, upwelling, and within-estuary transformations

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 482, Issue , 2013, Pages 1-15

  Valiela, Ivan ^a   Giblin, Anne ^a   Barth Jensen, Coralie ^a   Harris, Carolynn ^a   Stone, Thomas ^b   Fox, Sophia ^c   Crusius, John ^d  

^a ECOSYSTEMS CENTER   (United States)

^b WOODS HOLE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c NATIONAL PARK SERVICE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Deforestation; Denitrification; Ecosystem coupling; Estuaries; La Ni a; Mangroves; Regeneration; Upwelling

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM; COASTAL WATER; DEFORESTATION; DENITRIFICATION; DISSOLVED INORGANIC NITROGEN; ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEM; FOREST COVER; MANGROVE; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; RAINFALL; REGENERATION; SEAWATER; UPWELLING; WATERSHED;

PANAMA [CENTRAL AMERICA]; PANAMA [PANAMA (NTN)];

RHIZOPHORACEAE;

EID: 84878350911     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps10358     Document Type: Article

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