Nitrate sources and sinks in Elkhorn Slough, California: Results from long-term continuous in situ nitrate analyzers

Estuaries

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 882-894

  Chapin, Thomas P ^a,d   Caffrey, Jane M ^b   Jannasch, Hans W ^a   Coletti, Luke J ^a   Haskins, John C ^c   Johnson, Kenneth S ^a  

^a MONTEREY BAY AQUARIUM RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WEST FLORIDA   (United States)

^c MOSS LANDING MARINE LABORATORIES   (United States)

^d DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL RUNOFF; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; NITRATE; SAMPLING; SOURCE-SINK DYNAMICS; WATER QUALITY;

CALIFORNIA; ELKHORN SLOUGH; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 8544274531     PISSN: 01608347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02912049     Document Type: Article

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