Net ecosystem production and organic carbon balance of U.S. East Coast estuaries: A synthesis approach

Global Biogeochemical Cycles

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 96-111

  Herrmann, Maria ^a   Najjar, Raymond G ^a   Kemp, W Michael ^b   Alexander, Richard B ^c   Boyer, Elizabeth W ^a   Cai, Wei Jun ^d   Griffith, Peter C ^e   Kroeger, Kevin D ^c   McCallister, S Leigh ^f   Smith, Richard A ^c  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^e NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^f VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

coastal carbon cycle; coastal carbon synthesis; estuarine metabolism; estuarine net community production; estuarine net ecosystem production; total organic carbon

Indexed keywords

CARBON BALANCE; CARBON CYCLE; CONTINENTAL SHELF; ESTUARINE CHEMISTRY; ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEM; NET ECOSYSTEM PRODUCTION; ORGANIC CARBON; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON;

ATLANTIC COAST [NORTH AMERICA]; ATLANTIC COAST [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85027956883     PISSN: 08866236     EISSN: 19449224     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2013GB004736     Document Type: Article

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