Nutrient Loading and Transformations in the Columbia River Estuary Determined by High-Resolution In Situ Sensors

Estuaries and Coasts

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 708-727

  Gilbert, Melissa ^a,c,d   Needoba, Joseph ^a,c   Koch, Corey ^b   Barnard, Andrew ^b,c   Baptista, Antonio ^a,c  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WET Labs Inc   (United States)

^c Science and Technology Center for Coastal Margin Observation and Prediction   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

Author keywords

Columbia River Estuary; Estuary; In situ sensors; Nutrient cycles; Remineralization

Indexed keywords

ACCUMULATION; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; NITRATE; NUTRIENT BUDGET; NUTRIENT CYCLING; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; ORGANIC MATTER; REMINERALIZATION; RIVER SYSTEM; SILICIC ACID; TURBIDITY; WATER COLUMN;

COLUMBIA ESTUARY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84878736295     PISSN: 15592723     EISSN: 15592731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12237-013-9597-0     Document Type: Article

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