Impacts of increasing dissolved inorganic nitrogen discharged from Changjiang on primary production and seafloor oxygen demand in the East China Sea from 1970 to 2002

Journal of Marine Systems

Volumn 141, Issue , 2015, Pages 200-217

  Liu, Kon Kee ^a   Yan, Weijin ^b   Lee, Hung Jen ^c   Chao, Shenn Yu ^d   Gong, Gwo Ching ^c   Yeh, Tzu Ying ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN OCEAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

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

Author keywords

Biogeochemical modeling; Changjiang nutrient discharge; East China Sea; Hypoxia; Primary production

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; NITROGEN; NUTRIENTS; OXYGEN; SURFACE WATERS; WATERSHEDS;

BIOGEOCHEMICAL MODELING; EAST CHINA SEA; HYPOXIA; NUTRIENT DISCHARGES; PRIMARY PRODUCTION;

DISSOLVED OXYGEN;

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; DISSOLVED INORGANIC NITROGEN; HUMAN ACTIVITY; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PARTICULATE ORGANIC MATTER; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SEAFLOOR;

CHINA; EAST CHINA SEA; PACIFIC OCEAN; YANGTZE RIVER;

EID: 84918509744     PISSN: 09247963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmarsys.2014.07.022     Document Type: Article

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