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Flows of materials between poorly flooded tidal marshes and an estuary

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Flows of particulate carbon, nitrogen, phosphorus, chlorophyll a, crude fiber, carbohydrate, and adenosine tri-phosphate; and of dissolved nitrogen and phosphorus between a marsh and the Patuxent estuary, Maryland, USA, were measured over a 2-year period. Virtually no carbon was exchanged, while net flows of nitrogen and phosphorus were from the marsh to the estuary, principally in dissolved forms.

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    Present address: Office of Biological Services, U S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior, 20240, Washington, D.C., USA

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Communicated by M.R. Tripp, Newark

Contribution No. 664, Center for Environmental and Estuarine Studies, University of Maryland.

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Heinle, D.R., Flemer, D.A. Flows of materials between poorly flooded tidal marshes and an estuary. Mar. Biol. 35, 359–373 (1976). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00386646

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