Abundance and distribution of transparent exopolymer particles in the estuarine turbidity maximum of Chesapeake Bay

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 486, Issue , 2013, Pages 23-35

  Malpezzi, Michael A ^a   Sanford, Lawrence P ^a   Crump, Byron C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacterioplankton; Interannual variability; Particulate organic matter; Phytoplankton; Seasonal variability; Sedimentation rates; Stratified system; Suspended particulate matter

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; CHLOROPHYLL; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CORRELATION; ESTUARINE SEDIMENT; EXOPOLYMER; OPTIMIZATION; PARAMETERIZATION; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SAMPLING; TURBIDITY;

CHESAPEAKE BAY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84880324293     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps10362     Document Type: Article

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