Importance of budgets for estimating the input of groundwater-derived nutrients to an eutrophic tidal river and estuary

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 143, Issue , 2014, Pages 65-76

  Makings, Uriah ^a   Santos, Isaac R ^a   Maher, Damien T ^a   Golsby Smith, Lindsay ^a   Eyre, Bradley D ^a  

^a SOUTHERN CROSS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Carbon cycle; Nitrogen cycle; Permeable sediments; Submarine groundwater discharge; Subterranean estuaries

Indexed keywords

CARBON CYCLE; FLOODPLAIN; GROUNDWATER-SURFACE WATER INTERACTION; MASS BALANCE; NITROGEN CYCLE; PERMEABILITY; RIVER FLOW; SUBTERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; TRACER;

AUSTRALIA; QUEENSLAND;

EID: 84898820805     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2014.02.003     Document Type: Article

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