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Titre :	Multi-decade Responses of a Tidal Creek System to Nutrient Load Reductions: Mattawoman Creek, Maryland USA
Auteurs :	W. R. Boynton, Auteur ; C. L. S. Hodgkins, Auteur ; C. A. O'Leary, Auteur ; E. M. Bailey, Auteur ; A. R. Bayard, Auteur ; L. A. Wainger, Auteur
Type de document :	Article
Dans :	Estuaries and Coasts (37(1) JAN 2014)
Article en page(s) :	S111-S127
Résumé :	We developed a synthesis using diverse monitoring and modeling data for Mattawoman Creek, Maryland, USA to examine responses of this tidal freshwater tributary of the Potomac River estuary to a sharp reduction in point-source nutrient loading rate. Oligotrophication of these systems is not well understood; questions concerning recovery pathways, threshold responses, and lag times remain to be clarified and eventually generalized for application to other systems. Prior to load reductions Mattawoman Creek was eutrophic with poor water clarity (Secchi depth

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