Estimating the effects of seawater intrusion on an estuarine nitrogen cycle by comparative network analysis

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 524, Issue , 2015, Pages 137-154

  Hines, David E ^a   Lisa, Jessica A ^b   Song, Bongkeun ^b   Tobias, Craig R ^c   Borrett, Stuart R ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA WILMINGTON   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^d DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coupling; Ecosystem network analysis; Ecosystem services; Environ; Seawater intrusion; Uncertainty analysis

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM; ANOXIC CONDITIONS; DENITRIFICATION; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; ESTIMATION METHOD; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; ESTUARINE SEDIMENT; NITROGEN CYCLE; OXIDATION; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; SALINE INTRUSION; SEAWATER; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

CAPE FEAR ESTUARY; NORTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84926352971     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: 16161599     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps11187     Document Type: Article

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