Hydrologic controls on nutrient cycling in an unconfined coastal aquifer

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 48, Issue 24, 2014, Pages 14178-14185

  Gonneea, Meagan Eagle ^a,b   Charette, Matthew A ^a  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; ESTUARIES; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDROGEOLOGY; NITROGEN; NITROGEN REMOVAL; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

GROUND-WATER CIRCULATION; HARMFUL ALGAL BLOOMS; HYDROLOGIC CONTROLS; NITROGEN ATTENUATION; NUTRIENT DELIVERY; NUTRIENT TRANSFORMATIONS; SUBTERRANEAN ESTUARY; UNCONFINED COASTAL AQUIFERS;

NUTRIENTS;

DISSOLVED OXYGEN; GROUND WATER; NITROGEN; OXYGEN; PHOSPHORUS; SURFACE WATER;

COASTAL AQUIFER; COASTAL ZONE; ESTUARINE FRONT; GROUNDWATER-SEAWATER INTERACTION; HYDROGEOCHEMISTRY; NITROGEN CYCLE; REDOX CONDITIONS; UNCONFINED AQUIFER;

AQUIFER; ARTICLE; AUTUMN; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; COASTAL WATERS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ESTUARY; HYDROLOGY; NITRIFICATION; NUTRIENT CYCLING; SALINITY; SEA; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPRING; WINTER; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HYDRODYNAMICS; NITROGEN CYCLE; THEORETICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES;

MASSACHUSETTS; UNITED STATES; WAQUOIT BAY;

ALGAE;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ESTUARIES; GROUNDWATER; HYDRODYNAMICS; MASSACHUSETTS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NITROGEN CYCLE; PHOSPHORUS;

EID: 84918555222     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es503313t     Document Type: Article

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