Deep-sea coral record of human impact on watershed quality in the Mississippi River Basin

Global Biogeochemical Cycles

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 29-43

  Prouty, Nancy G ^a   Roark, E Brendan ^b   Koenig, Alan E ^c   Demopoulos, Amanda W J ^c   Batista, Fabian C ^d   Kocar, Benjamin D ^e   Selby, David ^f   McCarthy, Matthew D ^d   Mienis, Furu ^g  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e SLAC NATIONAL ACCELERATOR LABORATORY   (United States)

^f DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^g ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

deep sea coral; Gulf of Mexico; land use change; nitrogen isotopes; nutrients; trace metal

Indexed keywords

DEEP-SEA CORALS; GULF OF MEXICO; LAND-USE CHANGE; NITROGEN ISOTOPES; TRACE METAL;

AMINO ACIDS; EUTROPHICATION; FORESTRY; ISOTOPES; LAND USE; NITROGEN; NUTRIENTS; RIVERS; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHEDS;

RIVER POLLUTION;

AGROINDUSTRY; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CORAL; DEEP SEA; ENRICHMENT; EUTROPHICATION; HYDROLOGICAL CHANGE; HYPOXIA; LAND USE CHANGE; LANDSCAPE CHANGE; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; RHENIUM; RUNOFF; TRACE METAL; TRACER; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHED;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MEXICO; MISSISSIPPI BASIN; UNITED STATES;

ANTHOZOA;

EID: 84900667636     PISSN: 08866236     EISSN: 19449224     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2013GB004754     Document Type: Article

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