Nutrient Biogeochemistry of the Coastal Zone
- 10 July 1998
- journal article
- review article
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 281 (5374) , 217-222
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.281.5374.217
Abstract
REVIEW The coastal seas are one of the most valuable and vulnerable of Earth's habitats. Significant inputs of nutrients to the coastal zone arrive via rivers, groundwater, and the atmosphere. Nutrient fluxes through these routes have been increased by human activity. In addition, the N:P:Si ratios of these inputs have been perturbed, and many coastal management practices exacerbate these perturbations. There is evidence of impacts arising from these changes (in phytoplankton numbers and relative species abundance, and deep-water oxygen declines) in areas of restricted water exchange. Elsewhere, the nutrient fluxes through the coastal zone appear to be still dominated by large inputs from the open ocean, and there is little evidence of anthropogenic perturbations.Keywords
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