Runoff-mediated seasonal oscillation in the dynamics of dissolved organic matter in different branches of a large bifurcated estuary - The Changjiang Estuary

Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences

Volumn 119, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 776-793

  Guo, Weidong ^a,b   Yang, Liyang ^a,b   Zhai, Weidong ^a   Chen, Wenzhao ^a   Osburn, Christopher L ^c   Huang, Xiao ^a   Li, Yan ^a,b  

^a XIAMEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS   (China)

^c NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

bifurcated estuary; Changjiang Estuary; dissolved organic matter; estuarine turbidity maximum; fluorescence; flux

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE EFFECT; CLIMATE OSCILLATION; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEM; HYDRODYNAMICS; RUNOFF; SEASONAL VARIATION; TURBIDITY;

CHINA; YANGTZE ESTUARY;

EID: 84902449138     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21698961     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2013JG002540     Document Type: Article

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