Spatial and temporalvariation of dissolved inorganic nutrients, and chlorophyll-a in a tropical estuary in northeastern brazil: Dynamics of nutrient removal

Brazilian Journal of Oceanography

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 1-15

  Silva, Maria Aparecida Macedo ^a   Souza, Marcelo F L ^a   Abreu, Paulo C ^a  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE CIÊNCIAS BIOLÓGICAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Ammoniacal nitrogen; Eutrophication; Mixing diagrams; Nitrate; Phosphate; Sewage

Indexed keywords

EID: 84921315499     PISSN: 16798759     EISSN: 1982436X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1679-87592015064506301     Document Type: Article

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